There is no immediate threat to the EU's food security, reassures Stella Kyriakidou Following a meeting between the EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner and the Vice President of the Government and Minister of Health, Vlastmil Valek, she noted the efforts being made to ensure medical care for those fleeing Ukraine
"There is no immediate threat to the" said the EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner, Stella Kyriakidou after her meeting with the Czech Minister of Agriculture, Zdenek Necula in Prague.
However, "we are planning short and long-term measures that we will take to mitigate these impacts, safeguard food security and strengthen the resilience of our food systems," she added.
At the same time, she visited a support centre for refugees from Ukraine.
"Working together in a spirit of unprecedented solidarity during the coronavirus crisis has made us stronger."
"Working together in a spirit of unprecedented solidarity during the coronavirus crisis has made us stronger. This spirit will guide us again during the current crisis, which I am sure we will overcome together," Kyriakidou said. Following her meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Vlastmil Valek, she noted the efforts being made to ensure medical care for those leaving Ukraine, "including by transferring patients in need of emergency hospital care from Member States whose hospitals are under pressure to other Member States through the EU solidarity mechanism."
Source: Proto Thema
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