Weekly Operational Update on COVID-19 (25 January 2022)

Overview

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

• Partnering to bolster COVID-19 Response in Jamaica
• Leading the development of a comprehensive training package on bioinformatics and molecular epidemiology for SARS-CoV-2 and other high threat pathogens in Turkey
• Concluding a first-of-its-kind workshop for journalists and Ministry of Health communications focal points on public health information sharing and verification in Iraq
• Strengthening health systems in Timor-Leste to respond to pandemic
• Marking 2 years of pandemic learning response on OpenWHO.org
• Conducting a Joint Operational Review (JOR) in Nigeria
• Updates on WHO’s financing to support countries on COVID-19 response implementation to suppress transmission, reduce exposure, and protect the vulnerable and save lives
• Progress on a subset of global indicators that demonstrate country and global progress to end the acute phase of the pandemic