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The article presents the challenges exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic from a European perspective, especially its consequences in light of the European Convention on Human Rights' (ECHR) guarantees of the right to health. It is the first attempt to comprehensively examine these challenges for the State Parties of the ECHR. The right to health has traditionally been included in the second generation of human rights; therefore, presumably, it does not in itself give rise to any specific rights for an individual. However, the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) has recently been linking the right to health with specific provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights, in particular with Articles 2, 3, and 8. We analyse the Court's relevant rulings and their possible consequences for the assessment of the actions taken by the States Parties in order to fight COVID-19, with special emphasis on possible State responsibility for violating the Convention. This can happen when the State's actions result in different levels of health care access available to different groups of patients (patients with COVID-19 and patients with other conditions). The analysis reveals the weakness of the approach taken by ECtHR in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Summary:  1. Introduction; 2. Health care and the fight against covid-19 in light of the ECHR; 2.1. Article 2 of the ECHR; 2.2. Article 3 of the ECHR; 2.3. Article 8 of the ECHR 3. The convention and the ‘herd immunity’ strategy; 4. The fight against covid-19; dancing on a minefield; 5. Concluding remarks

The right to healthcare during the covid-19 pandemic under the European Convention on human rights