Lenarcic: Medical team despatched to Slovakia under aegis of EU

The European Commission welcomes the news of Romania despatching medical teams to Slovakia to help the country in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, TASR learnt on Tuesday. Slovakia lodged a request for aid within the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, which prompted Romania to send a team of five doctors and nine nurses to help treat COVID-19 patients at emergency department units. In its Tuesday's report for the media, the European Commission announced that the EU is coordinating the effort.