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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs UK still part of EU pandemic group?
Recent James O'Breen radio discussion on YouTube seems to indicate maybe not.
If I understood correctly, in a press conference on UK and Covid-19, Johnson answered no questions about this. That sounds like Johnson admin refusing to have anything to do with EU. No sharing of info, measures to be taken, etc
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Is UK still part of EU pandemic group? (Original Post)
bobbieinok
Mar 2020
OP
Coronavirus: Health experts hit out as UK 'plans to quit' EU's pandemic warning system
Celerity
Mar 2020
#1
Thank you for info. Not reassuring Johnson's ego is as big or bigger than Trump's!
bobbieinok
Mar 2020
#4
BoJo the bellend has a huge ego, but it pales in comparison to Trump the bawbag
Celerity
Mar 2020
#5
Celerity
(43,500 posts)1. Coronavirus: Health experts hit out as UK 'plans to quit' EU's pandemic warning system
Health experts have sent a warning shot to Boris Johnson over claims he will pull Britain out of the EU's pandemic warning system.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/coronavirus-health-experts-hit-out-21613826
Downing Street has reportedly rejected pleas to keep the EU's Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) after Brexit - despite the Coronavirus outbreak. The online platform has existed for 22 years to let health chiefs exchange rapid information about "serious cross-border threats to health".
But according to the Daily Telegraph, No10 has rejected pleas to keep it as part of a trade deal - despite even a Department of Health official lobbying for access. A source told the newspaper: "The Department of Health pitched for continued access to the EWRS to be an objective of the negotiations.
"But it was blocked because they didn't want to be accused of seeking more than the basic Canada deal." Public Health England's emeritus medical director, Paul Cosford, today sent a diplomatically-worded warning shot to the government - by saying the EWRS was "useful" and "important".
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Theres a whole range of different mechanisms that we use for communicating internationally. "Through the World Health Organisation, with colleagues in EU countries, with colleagues in countries that are not in the EU, with colleagues in the G7 and so on. "The EWRS, it's an early warning system, is a mechanism for communicating between countries in the EU but it's also also used with countries outside the EU...
"We are still part of that at this stage. And we do find it useful."It's one of the many mechanisms. Of course from where I sit, whatever mechanisms we have to communicate about illnesses such as this are important to us. "But we'll be having those discussions as we go through planning for the next phase, in terms of our position with respect to the EU." The NHS Confederation, which represents hospitals and NHS bodies, warned a month ago that quitting the EWRS could heighten the risk from a pandemic. The organisation's Brexit Health Alliance issued a five-page briefing paper saying participation in the EWRS should be a "priority" in trade talks.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/coronavirus-health-experts-hit-out-21613826
Downing Street has reportedly rejected pleas to keep the EU's Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) after Brexit - despite the Coronavirus outbreak. The online platform has existed for 22 years to let health chiefs exchange rapid information about "serious cross-border threats to health".
But according to the Daily Telegraph, No10 has rejected pleas to keep it as part of a trade deal - despite even a Department of Health official lobbying for access. A source told the newspaper: "The Department of Health pitched for continued access to the EWRS to be an objective of the negotiations.
"But it was blocked because they didn't want to be accused of seeking more than the basic Canada deal." Public Health England's emeritus medical director, Paul Cosford, today sent a diplomatically-worded warning shot to the government - by saying the EWRS was "useful" and "important".
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Theres a whole range of different mechanisms that we use for communicating internationally. "Through the World Health Organisation, with colleagues in EU countries, with colleagues in countries that are not in the EU, with colleagues in the G7 and so on. "The EWRS, it's an early warning system, is a mechanism for communicating between countries in the EU but it's also also used with countries outside the EU...
"We are still part of that at this stage. And we do find it useful."It's one of the many mechanisms. Of course from where I sit, whatever mechanisms we have to communicate about illnesses such as this are important to us. "But we'll be having those discussions as we go through planning for the next phase, in terms of our position with respect to the EU." The NHS Confederation, which represents hospitals and NHS bodies, warned a month ago that quitting the EWRS could heighten the risk from a pandemic. The organisation's Brexit Health Alliance issued a five-page briefing paper saying participation in the EWRS should be a "priority" in trade talks.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)4. Thank you for info. Not reassuring Johnson's ego is as big or bigger than Trump's!
Celerity
(43,500 posts)5. BoJo the bellend has a huge ego, but it pales in comparison to Trump the bawbag
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)2. UK has 51 cases
8 recovered, 0 deaths
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)3. Silly BO (Ya doesn't have to call me Johnson.) JO, Pandemics don't have any respect for borders
or fools.