Sergio Brusin is the former Principal Expert Response and Emergency Operations at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.[1][2][3][4] He developed the ECDC infectious disease risk assessment methodology that is used by ECDC and other public health institutions in assessing the risk posed by communicable disease events.[5] He advocated for far fewer travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic recommending to concentrate the response efforts to stricter domestic control measures strongly enforced.[6][7]

He is currently the Head of the MedCOI Sector[8] at the European Asylum Support Office

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  2. ^ "European disease centre highlights "early intervention" in Portugal". Archived from the original on 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
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  4. ^ "Coronavirus: How should UK learn from Italy? | "The UK is in the same situation Italy was 2 weeks ago" Unless the UK brings in social distancing measures "within days" it could see "thousands" of... | By Victoria DerbyshireFacebook" – via www.facebook.com.
  5. ^ "Operational tool on rapid risk assessment methodology" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  6. ^ "Sergio Brusin on LinkedIn: #covidー19". www.linkedin.com. Archived from the original on 2024-07-02. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  7. ^ @BBCNews (24 March 2020). "People in the UK have to start getting used to staying at home "very quickly", says Sergio Brusin of the European C…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "EASO MedCOI". 8 October 2018. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
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