Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nuclear medicine departments in Europe

• DOI: 10.1007/s00259-021-05484-z
• Publication Date: 2021-07-30T05:02:36Z
• Authors: Ana Paula Moreira; François Jamar; Zehra Ozcan; Doina Piciu; Claudine Als; Maja Franceschi; Elin Trägårdh; Ivana Zagar; Anna Sowa-Staszczak; Florent Cachin; Roel Bennink; Flavio Forrer; Tom Christian Ada...; Andreas Fotopolous; Marika Kalnina; Lars Thorbjørn Je...; Hanna Mussalo; Milan Simanek; Lina Garcia-Cañam...; Sergei Nazarenko; Jasna Mihailovic; Zvi Bar-Sever; Martin O’Connell; Daniela Miladinova; Richard Graham; Raffaele Giubbini; Lucia Kaliská; Damir Rozić; Bernd J. Krause; Hans-Jürgen Gallo...; Tamás Györke; Severina Sediene; Pavel Rumyantsev; Wolfgang Wadsak; Jolanta Kunikowska
• Keywords: Pandemic; 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections

Since the beginning of the year 2020, the coronavirus-19 disease (COVID-19) pandemic has undoubtedly posed significant challenges to healthcare systems worldwide. It has also affected, in a way previously unimaginable, our lifestyle and the way we relate to each other, not only at work, but also in the community and in the family setting. Healthcare systems worldwide have been forced to make huge alterations to be able to handle the different stages of the pandemic. [...]