For the specialist in infectious diseases, there is a lack of European coordination with regard to the determination of areas.
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Lhe specialist in infectious diseases from UCL and head of clinic Jean-Luc Gala was the guest of RTL Info’s news this Sunday. On the set, it was notably a question of the modifications of the green, orange, red zones.
“This situation and this apparent mess (for the Pas-de-Calais department, editor’s note) show that it would be really very interesting to have European coordination both on the opening and closing of borders, and on the color coding of risk areas, ”he explains.
Indeed, Europe via its infectious diseases center has the capacity to have epidemiological mapping to make this classification. “It has the capacity to receive, and it does receive them, information from each country and to standardize the codes according to the seriousness of the situation. Which is not the case. And so each country goes there a little bit on its recommendation, but we see that this poses a problem for everyone. “
In Switzerland, several regions have been placed in the red zone by Belgium, which causes incomprehension on the spot. “It means that Belgium considered a red zone while the country itself did not. Which poses a problem. In principle, it is the country in question which knows its epidemiological situation best and which is able to define what is or is not a red zone, ”he continues.
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