COVI workshops: EU crisis preparedness and response and ‘long COVID’ 

When: Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 15.00 — 17.00

Where: European Parliament in Brussels, Spinelli building, room 5G3

Members of the Special Committee on COVID-19 (COVI) will debate with several experts the state of play of the EU’s crisis preparedness and response system, the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges ahead:

• Andrea Ammon, Director, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
• Petronille Bogaert, Head of Unit and Scientific Project Manager, Sciensano
• Marion Koopmans, Head of the Viroscience Department, Erasmus MC
• Stella Ladi, Reader in Public Management, Queen Mary University of London
• Claude Blumann, Professor of Public Law, University Paris-Panthéon-Assas

You can read more details about the workshop and watch live here.

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When: Thursday, 9 March 2023, 10.30 — 12.30

Where: European Parliament in Brussels, Spinelli building, room 1G3

COVI members will also meet with experts to discuss key facts and developments related to “long COVID”, and identify regulatory and policy aspects that need to be addressed in order to minimise the impact of long COVID on European citizens and society:

• Peter Piot, Professor of Global Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• Dominique Salmon, University Paris Descartes Paris
• Dr. Clara Lehmann, Deputy Coordinator HIV, German Center for Infection Research, University of Cologne
• Bernhard Schieffer, Marburg University Hospital
• Carmen Scheibenbogen, Acting Director Institute of Medical Immunology, Berlin Charité Hospital
• Ann Li, Long COVID Europe

You can read more details about the workshop and watch live here.

Background

In March 2022, the European Parliament established a new “Special committee on the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future” (COVI). The committee’s work focuses on four areas: health, democracy and fundamental rights, social and economic impact, as well as global aspects related to the pandemic.

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