Monthly operational update on COVID-19 - May 2022

Overview

In this edition of the COVID-19 Monthly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include: 

• WHO, Government of Japan, and Governments of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau partner to enhance COVID-19 preparedness and response
• WHO/Europe mission to Tajikistan to support the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Tajikistan with clinical management of COVID-19
• Expansion of South Sudan’s COVID-19 vaccination to remote regions
• Eastern Mediterranean Region publishes its COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan for 2022
• Region of the Americas establishes a high-level commission on mental health and COVID-19
• Integrating SARS-CoV-2 into influenza sentinel surveillance- field experience in Togo
• Engaging with Parliamentarians in Nepal to strengthen Risk Communications and Community Engagement (RCCE)
• Technical and targeted multi-sectoral support to manage COVID-19 waste in the African Region
• Shipment of rapid antigen tests to Iraq
• Nigeria holds first national Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop on infodemic management
• COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership supports countries to scale-up vaccination strategies
• WHO plays advisory role to International Olympic Committee for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
• Act-A Health Systems Response Connector (HSRC) supports Member States to translate COVID-19 tools into national interventions
• Progress update on the utilization of OpenWHO training platform