Monthly operational update on COVID-19 - October 2022

Overview

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

• Strengthening local preparedness in Cambodia  
• WHO/Europe and Long COVID Europe host side event on post COVID-19 condition during the 72nd Regional Committee  
• Minister of Health of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic highlights the importance of listening to communities  
• Masked superheroes return to prevent respiratory diseases among children in Costa Rica  
• Somalia achieves historic landmark in its fight against COVID-19, with 30% of its eligible population fully vaccinated  
• Mauritius opens the first COVID-19 testing centre in Rodrigues Island  
• Timor-Leste rolls out an integrated campaign to bolster routine immunization and COVID-19 vaccination coverage  
• New WHO/Europe publication shares lessons learned from COVID-19 training on occupational health and safety for health workers in south-eastern Europe  
• Over 100 media professionals trained on covering health emergencies and outbreaks in Iraq, including COVID-19  
• WHO, UNICEF and MSF partner to develop an innovative and rapidly deployable Health Emergency Facility  
• WHO leads effort to align divergent COVID-19 messaging, in collaboration with global public health centres  
• Strengthening infodemic management across the world in response to COVID-19 and future health emergencies  
• Cities leading the way and transitioning to complex risk management: UNDRR GETI, UNOSSC, PAHO/WHO and WHO hold joint online training programme with South-South Cities Exchange  
• Updated WHO guidance and publications