WHO - Covid-19 policy briefs 10th December 2024

Yesterday the WHO Director-General gave opening remarks at the last media briefing of the year. He provided a general summary including about Covid where he said the following:

Here is link to the policy briefs on:

COVID-19 surveillance
COVID-19 testing
Clinical management of COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccination
Infection prevention and control measures for COVID-19 in health care settings
Building trust through risk communication and communicate engagement and infodemic management

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/covid-19-policy-briefs?

 

From Clinical management of COVID-19:

• Countries are encouraged to provide access to follow-up care to detect post COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID or PCC).

From Infection prevention and control measures for COVID-19 in health care settings:

• Health care settings can amplify infectious disease outbreaks, including COVID-19. Maintaining effective infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes is, therefore, paramount.