European Union response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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The COVID-19 pandemic and its spread in Europe has had significant effects on some major EU members countries and on European Union institutions, especially in the areas of finance, civil liberties, and relations between member states.
Slovakia was among the first countries in the world to make the wearing of masks mandatory in public.
COVID-19 is still seen as the biggest challenge in the 2021-2022 climate survey conducted by the European Investment Bank.
COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
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The global COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Europe with its first confirmed case in Bordeaux, France, on 24 January 2020, and subsequently spread widely across the continent. By 17 March 2020, every country in Europe had confirmed a case, and all have reported at least one death, with the exception of Vatican City.
It is forbidden to enter the front section of buses of the Brno Public Transport during the pandemic (14 March 2020)
Empty supermarket shelves in Annonay, France, on 14 March 2020.
Paramedics carrying a patient under biocontainment, in Cervia, Emilia-Romagna
Separation of an area near the driver, bus in Trondheim, 15 March