The European Commission is celebrating the cooperative actions taken by Romanian health professionals that travelled to Italy in order to assist in the current outbreak of COVID-19. The medical team was led by Major Joe Stroescu, comprising of three nurses and 11 doctors (lung specialists, anaesthetists and experts in intensive care and emergency medicine). All members of the team worked side-by-side with the Italian specialists at the forefront of the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic for two weeks to save the lives of COVID-19 patients. The team was assisted by the EU Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) which is the heart of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. The ERCC coordinates the delivery of assistance to disaster-struck countries, such as relief items, expertise, civil protection teams and specialised equipment. The centre ensures the rapid deployment of emergency support and acts as a coordination hub between all EU Member States.

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