Strategic and operational plan for coronavirus disease threat management
Advancing sustained, integrated coronavirus disease threat management: 2025-2030
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Overview
The WHO strategic and operational plan for coronavirus disease threat management sets out the global framework for supporting Member States in the sustained, integrated, evidence-based management of coronavirus disease threats, including COVID-19, MERS, and potential novel coronavirus diseases of public health importance. It emphasizes the long-term, routine management of coronavirus diseases, embedded within national healthcare and health emergency systems and aligned with broader respiratory and other infectious disease management strategies. The plan builds on and supersedes previous WHO strategic preparedness and response plans for COVID-19 and MERS.
This version of the strategic and operational plan for coronavirus disease threat management is a draft for public comment, available for review through 08 August 2025. WHO welcomes feedback from Member States, partners, and stakeholders to help refine and finalize the plan. Comments can be submitted via the online survey accessible here or by email to covid19@who.int.