Write a report on the role of WHO in COVID-19.
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Explanation:
WHO provides this timeline of the Organization’s COVID-19 response activities for general information. WHO will update the timeline on a regular basis and in light of evolving events and new information. Unless noted otherwise, country-specific information and data are as reported to WHO by its Member States.
This timeline supersedes the WHO Timeline statement published in April 2020. It is not intended to be exhaustive and does not contain details of every event or WHO activity.
As of 11 December 2020, the following milestones and events focused on COVID-19 have taken place:
The Director-General and Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme have held 120 media briefings. The Director-General's opening remarks, transcripts, videos and audio recordings for these media briefings are available online.
There have been 38 Member State Briefings and information sessions.
WHO convenes international expert networks, covering topics such as clinical management, laboratory and virology, infection prevention and control, mathematical modelling, seroepidemiology, and research and development for diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines, which have held frequent teleconferences, starting in early January. These networks include thousands of scientists, medical and public health professionals from around the world.
The OpenWHO platform has had more than 4.7 million total course enrolments, with 149 courses available to support the COVID-19 response, spanning 22 topics and 44 languages for COVID-19.
The Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Infectious Hazards (STAG-IH) has met 53 times. STAG-IH provides independent advice and analysis to the WHO Health Emergencies Programme on the infectious hazards that may pose a threat to global health security.
As of 8 December 2020, WHO’s landscape of COVID-19 candidate vaccines lists 52 candidate vaccines in clinical evaluation and 162 in preclinical evaluation.