How will the world look like in 2022? Is SARS-CoV-2 here to stay with us? While some countries are opening towards normal life, albeit with cautious optimism, others are experiencing the hardest disease burden and public health crisis so far. Will vaccine

Ravindra Gupta, MA, MPH, BMBCh, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath, FMedSciUniversity of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Laura Waters, MD, FRCPCentral & North West London NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

Monica Gandhi, MD, MPHUniversity of California San Francisco, United States

Jean Nachega MD, PhD, MPH, FRCP, FAASUniversity of Pittsburgh / Johns Hopkins University, United States Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Karine Lacombe, MD, PhDHôpital Saint Antoine Paris, France

Michel Kazatchkine, MDThe Global Health Center, Graduate Institute for International Affairs and DevelopmentReferences:The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness & Response

Kathryn Stephenson, MD, MPHBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Sanjay Bhagani, BSc, FRCPConsultant Physician in Infectious Diseases/HIV Medicine and General (internal) Medicine, Royal Free Hospital

Daniel Kuritzkes, MDBrigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School, United StatesConflict of Interest DisclosureReceipt of grants/research support from Atea, Gilead, Merck, and ViiVReceipt of honoraria or consultation fees from Abpro, Atea, Decoy, Gilead, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Novartis, Rigel, ViiV

Long-term complications of COVID-19Carlos del Rio, MDEmory School of Medicine & Grady Health System,United StatesConflict of interest disclosureCarlos del Rio has received honoraria / consultation fees from Sanofi-PasteurReferencesUS CDC - Post-COVID Conditionshttps://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-effects.html#:~:text=Post%2DCOVID%20conditions%20are%20a,can%20have%20post%2DCOVID%20conditions.UK Office for National Statistics - Prevalence of Ongoing Symptoms Following COVID-19 infection in the UKhttps://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/prevalenceofongoingsymptomsfollowingcoronaviruscovid19infectionintheuk/4june2021COVID Symptom Studyhttps://covid.joinzoe.com/