With the World Health Organization declaring a pandemic, scientists work around the clock to sequence the virus' genome and develop effective medical therapies. In the collective fight against COVID-19 particle physicists and accelerator experts across the globe are present.

One overarching objective of science is to further our understanding of the universe, from its early stages to its current state and future evolution. This endeavor calls for combined expertise from the fields of astroparticle physics, particle physics and nuclear physics which was one of the topics discussed during a special session of the EPPSU.