EU Civil Protection Mechanism Activated Amid Coronavirus Scare - Humanitarian Aid Office

EU Civil Protection Mechanism Activated Amid Coronavirus Scare - Humanitarian Aid Office

The European Union has activated civil protection mechanism in response to a coronavirus outbreak in China and will bring its citizens home, the EU Humanitarian Aid department said Tuesday

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th January, 2020) The European Union has activated civil protection mechanism in response to a coronavirus outbreak in China and will bring its citizens home, the EU Humanitarian Aid department said Tuesday.

"Overview of the #Coronavirus outbreak, with latest available data. As the outbreak intensifies, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism has been activated after a request from France. Two planes will be mobilised via the EU to repatriate EU citizens from the Wuhan area to Europe," the department said on Twitter.