Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

A pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan, China was first reported to the WHO Country Office in China on 31 December 2019. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020. WHO is working 24/7 to analyse data, provide advice, coordinate with partners, help countries prepare, increase supplies and manage expert networks. The international community has asked for US$675 million to help protect states with weaker health systems as part of its Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan.

All Webinars on COVID-19

COVID-19 vaccines

• COVID-19 vaccines (WHO)
• COVAX: Working for global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines (WHO)
• Vaccine Misinformation Management Field Guide (Unicef, First Draft, Yale Institute for Global Health and PGP, December 2020)

• Covid-19: tracking local humanitarian action and complementary partnerships (ODI)
• Local humanitarian action during Covid-19: findings from a diary study (ODI)
• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic (WHO)
• Situation Reports (WHO)
• Global Humanitarian Response Plan COVID-19 Progree Report Final Progress Report, 22 February 2021 (OCHA)
• How to protect yourself (WHO)
• Travel advice (WHO)
• Q&A: Masks and COVID-19 (WHO)
• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: Mythbuster (WHO)​​​​​​
• WHO Information Network for Epidemics - Risk Communication (WHO EPI-WIN)
• The United Nations Multilateral Response to COVID-19 (UN)
• UN Response to COVID-19 (UN)
• Johns Hopkins CSSE Map Tracking the Global Cases (Johns Hopkins)
• COVID-19 Pandemic in Locations with a Humanitarian Response (OCHA)
• INFORM COVID-19 Risk Index (OCHA)
• COVID-19 and Human Development - Global Preparedness and Vulnerability Dashboard (UNDP)
• COVID-19 and Human Development (UNDP)
• COVID-19 Airports Status (ICAO)
• Updates on COVID-19 and the environment (UNEP)
• Interactive Coronavirus (Covid-19) Travel Regulations Map (IATA)
• Interim Guidance on Public Health and Social Measures for Covid-19 Preparedness and Response in Low Capacity and Humanitarian Settings (IASC)
• Coronavirus Government Response Tracker (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford)
• COVID-19 Policy Response Tracker (IGC)
• COVID-19 Government Measures (ACAPS)

• Government Actions on COVID-19 in Developing Countries (HDX)

• The Sustainable Development Goals: Our Framework for COVID-19 Recovery (UN)
• Note to Correspondents on the Recover Better Together Action Forum (UN)
• Beyond Recovery: Towards 2030 (UNDP)
• WHO Manifesto for a healthy recovery from COVID-19 (WHO)
• Recovering from COVID-19: these are the risks to anticipate now - before it's too late (WEF)
• Countries Can Take Steps Now to Rebuild from COVID-19 (The World Bank)
• How to Restart in the Wake of COVID-19 (BCG)
• CEO's guide to COVID-19: Restarting after the crisis (McKinsey)
• Report: workforce strategies for post COVID-19 recovery (Deloitte)
• COVID-19 Pandemic: Applying IRP disaster recovery tools and guidelines to pandemic recovery (IRF)
• COVID-19 Recovery Policy Brief (IRF)
• Tourism Industry Guidelines for COVID-19 (toolkit)
• Webinar: COVID-19 recovery - examples of business contributions (CBi) 
• Webinar on COVID-19: Responding, Re-opening and Recovery Towards Resilience of Cities (UNDRR, WHO, UCLG AND ICLEI) 
• Webinar: Partnerships against COVID-19 - building back better together to advance the 2030 Agenda (UNSDG)
• ILO Global Dummit (ILO)

• Reopening workplaces amid COVID-19 - A collection of safety measures (McKinsey&Co)

• Guidance for employers and workers (WHO)
• Considerations for public health and social measures in the workplace in the context of COVID-19 (WHO) 
• Strategic Intelligence Platform (WEF)
• COVID-19: Implications for Business (McKinsey & Co) 
• Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity: Responding to the social-economic impacts of COVID-19 (UN)
• Human Rights Due Diligence and COVID-19: Rapid Self-Assessment for Business (UNDP)
• Assessment Report on Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Chinese Enterprises (UNDP)
• World Economic Outlook (IMF)
• Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Women (UN)
• Business and COVID-19 Response Centre (Business Fights Poverty)
• Map of SME-Support Measures in Response to COVID-19 (World Bank)
• Guidelines and template: Conducting Covid-19 impact assessment Surveys​ (ILO)
• Global impact and policy recommendations (ILO)
• Key Country Policy Responses​ (OECD)
• Proposed Sustainability Checklist for Assessing Economic Recovery Interventions (World Bank)
• Business resilience in the face of COVID-19 (UNDRR) 
• COVID-19 Risks Outlook - A Preliminary Mapping and Its Implications (WEF)
• Reopening safely: Sample practices from essential businesses (McKinsey & Co)
• The COVID-19 Crisis and Fiscal Reform in Low-Income Countries (CGD)
• Global Business Barometer (The Economist) 
• COVID-19: Socio-economic impact (UNDP)
• Policy support for business (UNESCWA)