On 20 April 2020, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, recorded a video message at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, on the launch of the EU COVID19 Data Platform.
On this platform, researchers will be able to store, exchange and analyse a wide range of knowledge about the Coronavirus.
The President of the European Commission concluded her statement by inviting researchers to join the EU COVID19 Data platform, the first important part in the building of Europe's Open Science Cloud.