Anastasia Pharris is an Expert in HIV, Coronavirus and Influenza at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in Stockholm, Sweden. She is a nurse with Masters degrees in public health and community health nursing and a PhD in public health. Since 1997 she has worked on clinical and public health aspects in the USA, Uganda, Zambia, Vietnam, Sweden and, now, at European-level. At ECDC she is responsible for HIV surveillance within the countries of the European Union and scientific advice activities in the area of COVID-19.