Weekly operational update on COVID-19 - 30 March 2022

Overview

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

• Honduras Receives 349,830 Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine donated through the COVAX Mechanism
• Building on the momentum from the COVID-19 pandemic: Launch of the Global genomic surveillance strategy for pathogens with pandemic and epidemic potential 
• COVID-19 pandemic: testing capacities grow in WHO South-East Asia Region, focus now on enhancing genome sequencing
• WHO holds its first infodemic management training of trainers in the Islamic Republic of Iran
• WHO increases medical oxygen generation capacity to manage COVID-19 and other health needs in the Syrian Arab Republic
• WHO and EU hand over life-saving medical oxygen plant to Somalia: a landmark achievement in bridging gaps in oxygen supply
• Expanding COVID-19 vaccination in Cote d’Ivoire through mobilization of religious and community leaders
• KwaZulu-Natal province reviews its COVID-19 vaccination programme to improve planning and actions
• Enhancing laboratory biosafety in the South East Asian Region
• Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) deploys technical support for the COVID-19 response in Kiribati
• WHO expands one-to-one coaching to support staff engaged in preventing and responding to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (PSREAH) and participants in Leadership in Emergencies courses
• Operations Support and Logistics updates
• Progress on a subset of global indicators that demonstrate country and global progress to end the acute phase of the pandemic