In line with the other EU institutions, the European Committee of the Regions, a political assembly with 700 members from the 27 member states, and with tens of thousands of visitors from around the world, has been taking a serious of measures to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. Initially cancelling its March plenary, and closing access to its buildings to all non-members and staff, in recent days the CoR has activated the so-called Business Continuity mode – the second highest crisis level – instructing all its staff, except a few who perform critical tasks to this mode (e.g. IT) to work from home. In addition, most activities in April will be cancelled or postponed, including the scheduled meeting in Budapest of the Conference of Regional and Local Authorities of the Eastern Partnership, the meetings of its policy commissions, and its external Bureau scheduled to take place in Rijeka, as part of the Croatian Presidency programme. The Renew Europe CoR Secretariat is equipped to telework and remains fully operational, and will continue to be active on social media.