COVID-19 Daily Situation Report

Frontex Situation Centre

16.05.2020

KEY MESSAGES
Italy to reopen borders to EU tourists without 14-day quaran-
tine from June 3rd.

Germany expects a second round of anti-lockdown protests.

Europe: Most affected countries Incidence rate

/per 100 000 inhabitants/
EU/EEA & UK 1 295 781 248
UK 236 711 356
Spain 230 183 493
Italy 223 885 370
Germany 173 772 209

EU INSTITUTIONS
Council of the EU extends until
May 18th 2021 the restrictive
measures framework against
cyber-attacks which threaten
the EU or its member states. The
decision comes just a few days
after a declaration on malicious
cyber activities which exploit the
coronavirus pandemic. Council of
the EU

European Court of Auditors:

With Member States facing an
unprecedented challenge to
public health and the economy,
all European institutions must
build on past efforts to further
improve the EU’s financial man-
agement and ensure the Union
delivers. ECA

EC approves €18.5 billion Czech

guarantee scheme for compa-
nies affected by coronavirus
outbreak. EC
SITUATION IN EUROPE: 1 295 781 Cases / 154 590 Deaths
Supercomputers in Europe being used
to research Covid-19 were hacked this
week and some of them remain offline
following the attack. BNN
Albania: One of the country’s biggest
TV stations has been ordered to close
indefinitely and fined by state health
authorities for not respecting social
distancing in its shows. KVIA
Austria: Borders with Czech Republic,
Slovakia and Hungary to reopen from
June 15th. US News
Denmark reported no COVID-19
deaths in the past day for the first time
since March 13th. Reuters
Estonia: Government publishes
schedule for relaxing restrictions. ERR
France: A nine-year-old boy from Mar-
seille is reported to have died of Kawa-
saki disease, the inflammatory syn- Germany expects a second round of anti-lockdown protests. DW
drome linked to coronavirus. The Germany: Bundesliga resumes behind closed doors this weekend, the first
Guardian major European league to restart after the coronavirus shutdown. DW
France reported 104 new deaths, Ireland to ease lockdown and start travel quarantine. France24
raising total to 27,529. France24
Italy implements new measures from May 18th, as lockdown eases. Governo.it
Italy to reopen borders to EU tourists without 14-day quarantine from June
3rd. Independent
Norway likely to keep coronavirus travel curbs until August 20th. Reuters
Spain: PM stated that the government would request to extend the state
of emergency for another month as the country continues to phase out
restrictions on movement amid the coronavirus pandemic. Euronews
Sweden: PM stated that the country is not soft on coronavirus and that life
is not carrying on as normal in Sweden. Forbes
UK: An experimental coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University appears
to be effective at preventing COVID-19, according to findings from a small
study on six monkeys. NBC News

POLAND: 18 184 Cases / 912 Deaths

Approximately 14,000 miners in the heavily industrialised mining province of
Silesia undergo mass testing. Health Minister stated that around 200 positive
test results are expected. PolandIn

Polish PM summarises current economic status stating that even if the

market consensus had indicated an increase of 1.4%, the Central Statistical
Office showed a rise of 1.9% in Poland’s GDP. PolandIn
SITUATION WORLDWIDE: INTERNATIONAL
4 503 836 Cases / 307 295 Deaths ORGANIZATIONS
IMF on Friday approved a $520
million loan for Jamaica to help
the island nation deal with urgent
needs raised by the COVID-19
pandemic. IMF
WHO: COVID-19 could infect up
to a quarter of a billion people in
Africa and kill 150,000 within a
year, a WHO model has pro-
jected. Amid rising death tolls,
Argentina: Pandemic increases isolation for the children living in the far north, Burundi expelled experts from
which have little access to the internet or distance education. Yahoo WHO. DW

Bahrain reports new coronavirus cases among expat workers and starts using A new World Health Organiza-
contact tracer app. ElArabiya tion mobile app provides vital in-
formation to health workers bat-
Brazil Health Minister resigns after just weeks on the job amidst an accelerating tling the COVID-19 pandemic, de-
coronavirus outbreak in one of the world's worst hot spots. AlJazeera livering critical and timely
China says it has five coronavirus vaccines in human trials and no 'major ad- knowledge resources in six lan-
verse reactions' have been reported among 2,575 volunteers. JapanTimes guages - Arabic, Chinese, English,
French, Russian and Spanish. It in-
Colombia steps up anti-virus measures at Brazil border as cases rise in parts of
cludes up-to-the-minute guid-
the Amazon. AP
ance, tools, training, and virtual
Egypt has repatriated 12,000 citizens in almost two weeks. Ahram workshops, as well as crucial in-
formation on how they can pro-
Jordan is concerned about the security of the country's food supplies in the
tect themselves as they do their
crisis triggered by the coronavirus. Der Spiegel
critical work. The app’s design
Oman confirms 404 new cases and death toll climbs to 20. ElArabiya takes into account the results of a
Philippines records 11 new coronavirus deaths and 214 infections. Reuters WHO Academy online survey
conducted in March of nearly
Saudi Arabia announced 2,307 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total 20,000 health workers in 17 lan-
number of cases at 49,176. WAM guages. WHO

TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
RISK ASSESSMENT
Etihad Airways will continue to operate repatriation flights for Emirati nation-
RESTRICTIONS
als and UAE residents until May 30. Abu Dhabi Airports continue to test all ECDC for EU/EEA and UK:
passengers and employees for COVID-19 using the Polymerase Chain Reaction The risk associated with COVID-19
(PCR) test and thermal screening is available. ElArabiya infection is moderate for the gen-
eral population.
The risk of widespread national
TRENDS & ANALYSIS community transmission in the
A University of Oxford study looked at more than 3,600 COVID-19 test results coming weeks is moderate to
from national programmes and found that deprivation, age and chronic liver very high.
disease, all increased the likelihood of testing positive. Independent The risk of healthcare systems ca-
The cybersecurity provider Kaspersky Lab stated that cybercrimes have in- pacity being exceeded in coming
creased by 25% globally as people have been increasingly surfing the internet weeks is high.
amid the coronavirus lockdowns across the world. NewEurope WHO Global Risk Assessment:
very high.