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Ref. Ares(2021)893076 - 02/02/2021
From: 
SANTE C3 HSC 
Sent: 
mardi 22 septembre 2020 18:26 
To: 
SANTE C3 HSC 
Subject: 
Follow-up to the Commission Communication on short-term 
preparedness for COVID-19 
 
Dear Members of the Health Security Committee, 
Dear colleagues, 
 
Please find below guiding questions for the discussion point on the Follow-up to the Commission 
Communication on short-term preparedness for COVID-19. 
This week we will focus on the following action areas:  
 
Support to vulnerable groups  
• 
Questions:  
• 
Has your country implemented specific testing strategies for vulnerable groups and 
settings? 
• 
Has your country developed / outlined best practices on provision of mental health 
and psychosocial support to vulnerable groups? Has your country shared these best 
practices with other countries?  
• 
Action Items:  
• 
Design and implement specific high density, low threshold testing strategies for 
vulnerable groups & settings 

• 
Sharing of best practices on provision of mental health and psychosocial support 
to vulnerable prone to COVID-19 

 
Supply of medical countermeasures 
• 
Questions: 
• 
A standing question, has your country identified any needs for medical supplies?  
• 
Has your country managed to establish an overview of needs? How is your country 
establishing an overview of needs for medical supplies, national production 
capacities and stockpiles equipment? 
• 
Has your country identified flexible production capacities / conversion possibilities?  
• 
Could you update on large-scale COVID-19 clinical trials your country is part of? Is 
additional support needed in that matter?  
 
• 
Action items: 
• 
Establish overview on needs for medical supplies, national production capacities 
and stockpiles of essential equipment, map flexible production capacities/ 
conversion possibilities (Member States) 

• 
Support an EU coordinated approach for the planning and implementation of 
large-scale COVID-19 clinical trials in Europe (European Commission & Member 
States) 

 
Update on influenza preparedness  
• 
Please prepare an update on the situation in your country with regards to implementation of 
influenza vaccination campaigns, vaccines needs and adaptation of vaccination infrastructures 
to COVID-19 setting.  

 
Thank you for your collaboration,  
 
Best regards,  
HSC Secretariat