The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to our lives, our societies and our economies was unprecedented and recalled the gravity of serious-cross border health threats for our economies and societies. As of November 2022, nearly 7 million deaths due to COVID-19 have been officially reported globally, with estimates suggesting an actual death toll exceeding 20 million people worldwide. In the EU COVID-19 has caused the death of more than 1.1 million people and this is likely to be an underestimate of the
actual death toll of the pandemic in the EU. COVID-19 has also affected millions of people living with longer term effects of the disease…
