COVID-19: The Pandemic and the Response in the WHO-South-East Asia Region

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What to do if you have COVID-19

Variants Q&A

Most people with mild and moderate COVID-19 can manage the infection at home with advice from a health care provider. Here are tips on what to do if you have COVID-19, and when to go to the hospital. It also informs on what medicines to take, and what to avoid.

Learn about the COVID-19 variants

The world is in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic. As WHO and partners work together on the response -- tracking the pandemic, advising on critical interventions, distributing vital medical supplies to those in need.

Meeting Reports

Lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic

SEA-WHE-6

Virtual Regional Consultation with Informal Expert Group Virtual meeting New Delhi, India, 19 October 2021

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Learning from the COVID-19 response to strengthen health security and health systems resilience

SEA-WHE-7

Virtual meeting, New Delhi, India, 20–22 October 2021 Report of the meeting

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Feature Stories

27 February 2023

How Myanmar achieved the 2020 milestone of reducing TB disease burden

Every year more than 10 million people fall ill from tuberculosis (TB), a bacterial infection that mainly affects the lungs. Despite being preventable and curable, TB disease claim ...

19 January 2023

How Bangladesh rapidly scaled up IPC programmes in the world’s largest refugee camp at Cox’s Bazar

Bangladesh with the support of WHO and partners scaled up infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes using targeted measures in Cox’s Bazar to 100% of health facilities by A ...

6 July 2022

WHO provides technical support to the study on investigating seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and dengue infections in Sri Lankan children

Despite high vaccination and high seroprevalence rates in many countries, outbreaks of COVID-19 continue to occur in many WHO regions resulting in significant morbidity and mortali ...

30 May 2022

WHO South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund providing critical life-saving support

New Delhi, 30 May 2022: Immediate and early response to disasters and emergencies are crucial to saving lives. The WHO’s South-East Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund (SEARHEF) si ...

23 March 2022

COVID-19 pandemic: testing capacities grow manifold in WHO South-East Asia Region, focus now on enhancing genome sequencing

New Delhi, 23 March 2022: Now third year into the COVID-19 pandemic, for WHO South-East Asia Region enhancing capacities of laboratories to test for SARS-CoV2 continues to be one o ...

16 August 2021

Bangladesh extends COVID-19 vaccination to Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar camps
7 May 2021

Countries across Europe send life-saving goods to help India’s fight against COVID-19
11 March 2021

Marking one year of pandemic in WHO South-East Asia Region

A year ago, when WHO declared COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, countries in WHO South-East Asia Region were either responding to their first cases of importation or cluster of cases o ...

Publications

WHO SEAR 9th Epidemiological Bulletin 2024
1 May 2024

WHO SEAR 9th Epidemiological Bulletin 2024

This epidemiological bulletin aims to provide the situation of key infectious diseases in the WHO South-East Asia region to inform risk assessments and...

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WHO SEAR 8th Epidemiological Bulletin 2024
17 April 2024

WHO SEAR 8th Epidemiological Bulletin 2024

This epidemiological bulletin aims to provide the situation of key infectious diseases in the WHO South-East Asia region to inform risk assessments and...

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WHO SEAR 7th Epidemiological Bulletin 2024
3 April 2024

WHO SEAR 7th Epidemiological Bulletin 2024

This epidemiological bulletin aims to provide the situation of key infectious diseases in the WHO South-East Asia region to inform risk assessments and...

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WHO SEAR 5th Epidemiological Bulletin 2024
6 March 2024

WHO SEAR 5th Epidemiological Bulletin 2024

This epidemiological bulletin aims to provide the situation of key infectious diseases in the WHO South-East Asia region to inform risk assessments and...

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