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WHO’s Monthly Operational Update on COVID-19 - Issue 06 | October 2022

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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