Coronavirus edition #2: European Commissioner Ylva Johansson — Vaccine confusion — 8 more weeks?
EU Confidential
English - March 23, 2020 20:34 - 28 minutes - 22.6 MBPolitics News Government politico eu confidential european politics european union Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We hear from someone directly involved in the EU's response to the coronavirus crisis: Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson. The Swedish commissioner talks about the challenges of trying to keep the EU's internal borders open during the crisis — and sets out how her view of why that matters. Johansson, a member of the Commission's coronavirus task force, also voices her concerns about the impact COVID-19 could have on asylum seekers and migrants in camps on the Greek islands.
We also check in with POLITICO health reporters Sarah Wheaton, Carmen Paun and Jillian Deutsch. They fact-check statements on the timeline for a potential vaccine, look at whether European solidarity is kicking in when it comes to treating coronavirus patients and highlight the mental health struggles of people for whom COVID-19 is particularly dangerous. Plus, did Belgium's health minister really say the country faces 8 weeks of lockdown?
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