Weekly operational update on COVID-19 - 1 March 2022

Overview

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

• Scaling-up IPC capacity in Cox’s Bazar in response to COVID-19 pandemic furthers streamlining of best practices in general health facilities
• Conducting health worker training on Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Clinical Management in Nepal
• Supporting mass gathering risk-based approaches to hosting Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon
• Integrating COVID-19 and influenza sentinel surveillance in Mongolia
• Supporting Infection Prevention and Control as part of Yemen’s COVID-19 response with technical mission
• Training of national mentors and laboratory experts on verification and validation of examination procedures in Kyrgyzstan
• Hosting vaccine pop-ups in the Bahamas
• Supporting students in Cambodia with psychological first aid framework and operationalization during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Host new Myanmar learning channel for COVID-19 vaccination training in local languages
• Progress on a subset of global indicators that demonstrate country and global progress to end the acute phase of the pandemic