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EU restricts protective equipment export, demands open borders in combat against COVID-19
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The European Union (EU) adopted a scheme to restrict the export of medical protective equipment and secure the supply within the bloc, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Sunday.
Medical goods including masks, gloves, protective garments can only be sold to non-EU countries with the explicit authorization of the EU governments, she said in a video statement. “We need to keep in the EU the protective equipment we need.”
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The export authorization scheme was coupled with an appeal for sharing the necessary supply among the 27 EU members. “National bans on selling protective equipment to other member states are not good,” said von der Leyen.
The members need to help each other as no single country can produce all it needs on its own, stressed the chief of the EU’s executive arm, adding