With a view to the increasing corona numbers in Europe, the European Union is continuing to build up common reserves of medical protective masks. After Germany and Romania, Denmark, Greece, Hungary and Sweden have now also agreed to set up depots on behalf of all EU countries, said EU Commissioner Janez Lenarcic. The construction of the joint reserve began in the spring when many countries had far too little protective equipment for doctors and nurses. From this reserve 520,000 medical FFP2 and FFP3 masks have now been distributed to the EU states Italy, Spain, Croatia and Lithuania as well as to the neighbors of North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, said Lenarcic. The stocks are financed from the EU’s Community budget. Individual EU states purchase the material and store it. In an emergency, it will be distributed as needed.