“…showed the severe effect of COVID-19 pandemic and related shutdown measures on overall provided medical care in Germany in the years 2020/2021, when the number of radiological examinations decreased significantly as compared to baseline data from 2018/19 [29] . Graham et al reported that the COVID-19 pandemic continued to influence the volumes of nuclear medicine examinations across Europe in 2021 [30] . Also, a study from by the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that cardiac diagnostic testing did not rebound to pre-pandemic levels by April 2021, mainly in lower middle- and low-income countries [31] .…”