What types of variants occurred in your country?

• What is the percentage of the variants of infections?
• Has your country implemented specific regulations concerning isolation/quarantine or testing for people who are (or are suspected to be) infected with a variant of concern and/or their contacts? (e.g. longer isolation/quarantine; additional testing)

Understanding and addressing vaccine hesitancy

• Are there studies/surveys in your country aimed at identifying individual reasons for vaccine hesitancy? (please also share links to international studies that you are aware of)
• Has your country taken specific actions to enhance people’s willingness to get vaccinated? (e.g. innovative/targeted communication approaches; reward-based nudging approaches)

1. Mental Health

There are many reports pointing out the urgency of tackling mental health COVID-19 related cases. What are the main measures that MS are putting in place or planning to do so during 2021?

2. Self-tests

Has your country implemented self-tests carried out at home as a prerequisite for access to certain services/locations? (e.g. in order to go shopping or to be able to use services of daily living, such as visits to the hairdresser, etc.)

If yes,

• What conditions must be met in your country for self-tests carried out at home to be recognised by the authorities?
• Can or must the test results be passed on to e.g. authorities? If so, how is this done?
• Are there differences in the recognition of test results along the test procedures (e.g. rapid antigen test vs. PCR test) or brand-specific test parameters (sensitivity/specificity)?
• How long are the test results recognised by the authorities in your country (e.g. 24 hours/ 48 hours etc.) 

3. AstraZeneca

Did your country stop the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine or not? (Yes/No)

What is your vaccination strategy?

• Which products are used for which age groups?
• Is data on the effectiveness of vaccines already available in your country?
• Does your country plan or already started studies to assess the effectiveness of the corona vaccinations (case-control studies in the roll out phase)? If yes, please share further information.
• Is or will someone be working on a synthesis/summary of the data on vaccine effectiveness that is available from each country.

1. What is being done in your country considering the management of “long COVID”, specifically:

• Is your country collecting data/conducting studies (e.g. surveillance) on long COVID? If so, please describe how this is done (e.g. data collection, study design, organisational/legal aspects…).
• Which guidelines/recommendations (national or international) is your country following considering the definition, diagnosis and treatment of long COVID?

2. Is wearing masks outdoors mandatory in your country?

• If yes, in which settings is wearing masks outdoors mandatory?

1. Are there controlled/piloting projects in your country with the aim of testing options for re-opening steps in the sectors culture/sports/entertainment/gastronomy?

For example: despite current lockdown measures a ‘mass event’ is organized where all attendees have to present a negative test result. If yes, please describe finished/ongoing/planned projects and/or re-opening concepts for these sectors in your country.

2. Are there any studies about childrens' perceptions and mental health regarding testing children in schools?

Are you planning to accept recovery certificates for travel purposes, despite the data on reinfection risk?

• If yes, please share further information.

How does your country organise the treatment/management of long COVID patients?

Are there specialised clinics/departments/centres or are concepts for their creation being developed? If so, please provide details, such as:

• Which professional groups (specialists, nurses, psychologists, …) and disciplines are involved?
• How can individuals access the clinics (walk-in, referral …)?
• Are the clinics stand-alone entities or part of larger institutions such as hospitals or primary care centres?

State-of-play of travel certificates / green passes: Updates on travel certificates in the countries

Vaccination compliance

• What is the COVID-19 vaccination rate in your country?
• What is the level of COVID-19 vaccination compliance in your country?
• Are measures either in place or planned for enhancing public trust in COVID-19 vaccination?