1 Amendments of Dolors MONTSERRAT related to 2020/0102(COD)
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) On 11 March 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and associated respiratory disease (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. That pandemic has caused an unprecedented worldwide health crisis with severe socio-economic consequences and human suffering, and more specifically the severe acute respiratory disease causing both premature death and chronic lung conditions that it involves, has caused an unprecedented worldwide health crisis with severe socio-economic consequences and human suffering, particularly affecting people with chronic conditions and hitting the most vulnerable, patients, carers and the elderly the hardest.