Netanyahu appeals to European leaders for global effort to combat coronavirus
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Researchers around the world must cooperate to improve the speed and ease of testing for COVID-19, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video conference with seven European countries.
“This must be a worldwide effort,” Netanyahu said. “This isn’t a matter of who does it first, but of how we can all reach it first.”
Other participants in the video conference were Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Hungarian President Viktor Orban, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban.
The prime minister posited that “improving the tests is the first point; it’s very critical.”
Netanyahu suggested to “totally change the pace of the tests,” and said Israel and the US are working together to develop home tests like the ones available for pregnancy of HIV.
The next step in “improving the scientific and technological means to fight the disease” is to find a vaccine, he added.
The prime minister also called for stopping or limiting passenger flights, as Israel and other countries have done, but continue supply lines between countries.
