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  • Science in 5
    • Episode #1 - Herd immunity
    • Episode #2 - SARS CoV 2
    • Episode #3 - Serological studies
    • Episode #4 - Schools
    • Episode #5 - Vaccines
    • Episode #6 - Flu & COVID-19
    • Episode #7 - Serological surveys
    • Episode #8 - Myth vs Science
    • Episode #9 - Air pollution & COVID-19
    • Episode #10 - Ventilation & COVID-19
    • Episode #11 - Antibiotics & COVID-19
    • Episode #12 - Safe celebrations during the Pandemic
    • Episode #13 - COVID-19 - Vaccine trials
    • Episode #14 - COVID-19 - Tests
    • Episode #15 - Vaccine distribution
    • Episode #16 - Vaccine technologies
    • Episode #16 - COVID-19 - How do vaccines work?
    • Episode #18 - COVID-19 - Immunity after recovery from COVID-19
    • Episode #17 - COVID-19 - Vaccine approvals
    • Episode #19 - COVID-19 - Prolonged symptoms after COVID -19 
    • Episode #20 - COVID-19 - Variants & Vaccines
    • Episode #21 - COVID-19 - Origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
    • Episode #22 - Children & COVID-19
    • Episode #23 - I am vaccinated, what next?
    • Episode #24 - Vaccine myths vs science
    • Episode #25 - : Vaccines explained
    • Episode #26 - : Vaccine dosage
    • Episode #27 - Vaccines, variants & herd immunity
    • Episode #28 - Evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
    • Episode #29 - Developing WHO’s public health advice
    • Episode #30 - Vaccines-when and why? 
    • Episode #31 - Vaccines, Variants and Doses
    • Episode #32 - Equity in vaccines, treatment and tests
    • Episode #33 - Medical oxygen 
    • Episode #34 - Vaccines, variants & mass gatherings
    • Episode #35 - Which vaccine should I take and what about side effects?
    • Episode #36 - Safe care at home
    • Episode #37 - Treatment and care at home
    • Episode #38 - Current global trends
    • Episode #39 - Update on virus variants
    • Episode #40 - Transmission indoors and outdoors
    • Episode #41 - Vaccines, pregnancy, menstruation, lactation and fertility
    • Episode #42 - Vaccines and children
    • Episode #43 - Pregnancy & COVID-19
    • Episode #44 - Delta variant and vaccines
    • Episode #45 - Delta variant 
    • Episode #46 - Diabetes & COVID-19
    • Episode #47 - Post COVID-19 condition
    • Episode #48 - HIV & COVID-19
    • Episode #49 - Can I get infected after vaccination?
    • Episode #50 - Do I still need the vaccine if I have COVID-19?
    • Episode #51 - Breastfeeding & COVID-19
    • Episode #52 - Tobacco & COVID-19 
    • Episode #53 - COVID-19: Booster Shots
    • Episode #54 - COVID-19: Mixed and fractional vaccine doses
    • Episode #55 - Keeping schools safe
    • Episode #56 - Air pollution & COVID-19
    • Episode #57 - Malaria vaccine
    • Episode #58 - TB & COVID-19
    • Episode #59 - Flu & COVID-19
    • Episode #60 - Lead poisoning prevention 
    • Episode #61 - COVID-19 & Antibiotics
    • Episode #62 - Polio & COVID-19
    • Episode #63 - Omicron variant
    • Episode #64 - Why are experts concerned about Omicron?
    • Episode #65 - Medical waste
    • Episode #66 - Air pollution, a public health emergency
    • Episode #67 - Understanding immunity
    • Episode #68 - COVID-19: Update on Long COVID
    • Episode #69 - Tracking variants
    • Episode #70 - Upcoming Vaccines 
    • Episode #71 - COVID-19 vaccines and children
    • Episode #72 - Genome Sequencing
    • Episode #73 - Monkeypox
    • Episode #74 - Mental Health
    • Episode #75 - Omicron sub variant risk
    • Episode #76 - Monkeypox: Who is at risk?
    • Episode #77 - Hepatitis outbreak in children
    • Episode #78 - mRNA technologies
    • Episode #79 - Is poliovirus making a comeback?
    • Episode #80 - Abortion
    • Episode #81 - Public Health Emergency of International Concern
    • Episode #82 - Older adults and COVID-19 vaccines
    • Episode #83 - Minimize infection at health care facilities
    • Episode #84 - Future of health 
    • Episode #85 - Oral health
    • Episode #86 - Microbes are becoming resistant to antibiotics
    • Episode #87 - Is Measles making a comeback? 
    • Episode #88 - Living with COVID-19
    • Episode #89 - Respiratory Disease in Children
    • Episode #90 - Influenza
    • Episode #91 - Everything you need to know about Trans fat
    • Episode #92 - Disability and health inequity
    • Episode #93 - Hearing loss
    • Episode #94 - Are you consuming too much salt? 
    • Episode #95 - SARs-CoV-2 virus origins
    • Episode #96 - mpox update
    • Episode #97 - Will the world eradicate polio in 2023?
    • Episode #98 - COVID-19 evolving variants and how to stay safe
    • Episode #99 - Three things to keep in mind when taking antibiotics 
    • Episode #100 - How can you protect children from violence?
    • Episode #101 - Do sweeteners help with weight loss? 
    • Episode #102 - Protect yourself from extreme heat
• Advice for the public
  • Mythbusters
  • When and how to use masks
  • Videos
  • Advocacy
• Technical guidance
  • Unity Studies: Early Investigation Protocols
  • Case management
  • National laboratories
  • Surveillance, rapid response teams, and case investigation
  • Infection prevention and control
  • Points of entry and mass gatherings
  • Naming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it
  • Risk communication and community engagement
  • Country-level coordination, planning, and monitoring
  • Critical preparedness, readiness and response actions for COVID-19
  • Guidance for schools, workplaces & institutions
  • Health Workers
  • Humanitarian operations, camps and other fragile settings
  • Maintaining Essential Health Services and Systems
  • Essential resource planning
• Travel advice
• Donors and partners
  • Funding
• Training & Exercises
  • Simulation exercise
  • Online training
• COVID-19 Response Fund
• WHO Director-General’s Special Envoys on COVID-19 Preparedness and Response 
• Strategy and planning
• Maintaining essential health services
• COVID-19 Supply Chain System
• How is WHO responding to COVID-19?
• Feature stories
• Technical guidance publications
• Serology in the context of COVID-19
• COVID-19 vaccines
  • How do vaccines work?
  • How are vaccines developed?
  • Feature stories
  • YouTube playlist
  • COVID-19 Vaccines Advice
  • COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership
    • FAQs on COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership
    • Stories
• Country case studies
• Virus origin / Origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
• Treatments
• COVID-19 policy briefs

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Epidemiological Updates and Monthly Operational Updates

COVID-19 epidemiological updates will be integrated to WHO COVID-19 Dashboard and no longer be provided on this page. For the most recent summaries and data, please visit the WHO COVID-19 Dashboard.

The Epidemiological Update provides an overview of the global, regional and country-level COVID-19 cases and deaths, highlighting key data and trends; as well as other pertinent epidemiological information concerning the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 Monthly Operational Update reports on WHO and partners’ actions in response to the pandemic.

January - December 2025

17 March 2025

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 12 March 2025 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 12 March 2025

13 February 2025

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 13 February 2025 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 13 February 2025

17 January 2025

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 17 January 2025 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 17 January 2025

January - December 2024

6 February 2025

COVID-19 Global Risk Assessment COVID-19 Global Risk Assessment

24 December 2024

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 24 December 2024 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 24 December 2024

6 November 2024

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 6 November 2024 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 6 November 2024

9 October 2024

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 9 October 2024 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 9 October 2024

17 September 2024

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 17 September 2024 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 17 September 2024

13 August 2024

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 13 August 2024 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 13 August 2024

15 July 2024

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 15 July 2024 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 15 July 2024

17 June 2024

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 17 June 2024 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 17 June 2024

17 May 2024

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 17 May 2024 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 17 May 2024

12 April 2024

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 12 April 2024 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 12 April 2024

15 March 2024

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 15 March 2024 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 15 March 2024

16 February 2024

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 16 February  2024 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 16 February  2024

19 January 2024

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 19 January 2024 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 19 January 2024

January - December 2023

22 December 2023

COVID-19 epidemiological update – 22 December 2023 COVID-19 epidemiological update – 22 December 2023

24 November 2023

COVID-19 Epidemiological Update - 24 November 2023 COVID-19 Epidemiological Update - 24 November 2023

27 October 2023

COVID-19 Epidemiological Update - 27 October 2023 COVID-19 Epidemiological Update - 27 October 2023

29 September 2023

COVID-19 Epidemiological Update - 29 September 2023 COVID-19 Epidemiological Update - 29 September 2023

1 September 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 1 September 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 1 September 2023

12 September 2023

Monthly operational update on health emergencies - August 2023 Monthly operational update on health emergencies - August 2023

25 August 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 25 August 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 25 August 2023

17 August 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 17 August 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 17 August 2023

10 August 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 10 August 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 10 August 2023

3 August 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 3 August 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 3 August 2023

4 August 2023

Monthly operational update on health emergencies - July 2023 Monthly operational update on health emergencies - July 2023

27 July 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 27 July 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 27 July 2023

20 July 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 20 July 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 20 July 2023

13 July 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 13 July 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 13 July 2023

6 July 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 6 July 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 6 July 2023

6 July 2023

Monthly operational update on health emergencies - June 2023 Monthly operational update on health emergencies - June 2023

29 June 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 29 June 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 29 June 2023

22 June 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 22 June 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 22 June 2023

15 June 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 15 June 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 15 June 2023

8 June 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 8 June 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 8 June 2023

1 June 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 1 June 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 1 June 2023

13 June 2023

Monthly operational update on health emergencies - May 2023 Monthly operational update on health emergencies - May 2023

25 May 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 25 May 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 25 May 2023

18 May 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 18 May 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 18 May 2023

11 May 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 11 May 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 11 May 2023

4 May 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 4 May 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 4 May 2023

9 May 2023

Monthly operational update on health emergencies - April 2023 Monthly operational update on health emergencies - April 2023

27 April 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 27 April 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 27 April 2023

20 April 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 20 April 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 20 April 2023

13 April 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 13 April 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 13 April 2023

6 April 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 6 April 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 6 April 2023

31 March 2023

Monthly operational update on health emergencies - March 2023 Monthly operational update on health emergencies - March 2023

30 March 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 30 March 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 30 March 2023

22 March 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 22 March 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 22 March 2023

16 March 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 16 March 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 16 March 2023

8 March 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 8 March 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 8 March 2023

1 March 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 1 March 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 1 March 2023

28 February 2023

Monthly operational update on health emergencies - February 2023 Monthly operational update on health emergencies - February 2023

22 February 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 22 February 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 22 February 2023

15 February 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 15 February 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 15 February 2023

8 February 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 8 February 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 8 February 2023

1 February 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 1 February 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 1 February 2023

31 January 2023

Monthly operational update on health emergencies - January 2023 Monthly operational update on health emergencies - January 2023

25 January 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 25 January 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 25 January 2023

19 January 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 19 January 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 19 January 2023

11 January 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 11 January 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 11 January 2023

4 January 2023

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 4 January 2023 Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 - 4 January 2023

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Interactive timeline on COVID-19