COVID-19 operationalization of the global response strategy in the WHO European Region: September 2020

This document outlines the WHO European Regional strategy to respond to COVID-19 and its consequences, based on WHO’s global strategy update for COVID-19, covering the period February-December 2020. The estimated funding needs of the WHO European Region, for this period, amount to US$ 175 million. This strategic document is relevant to the diverse contexts that exist across the WHO European Region, and to countries implementing a wide range of national and subnational responses. The strategy is flexible and adaptable to national and subnational contexts and guides countries in rapidly bringing COVID-19 cases under control, and in preparing for a phased transition from a widespread transmission to a steady state of low-level or no transmission.