This snapshot examines the situation faced by small countries in the WHO European Region regarding their COVID-19 vaccination strategies in terms of supply, procurement, distribution, administration and vaccination uptake and coverage as well as related challenges.
Read more “How has the COVID-19 vaccination been rolled-out in small countries within the European Region?”
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries across the WHO European Region have imposed restrictions on international travel.
Read more “What travel policies have restricted or allowed the movement of foreign nationals across the WHO European region?”
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries across the WHO European Region have implemented public health and social measures (PHSM) in efforts to reduce viral transmission and the subsequent burden affecting the health care systems.
Read more “How have mask policies varied across countries in response to COVID-19?”
With limited COVID-19 vaccine supplies available during the first quarter of 2021, countries across Europe were faced with the difficult task of determining which demographic groups to prioritise for vaccination.
Read more “What strategies are countries using to get COVID-19 vaccines to people in hard-to-reach groups?”
Since the beginning of 2021, reports of the spread of genetic variants of the COVID-19 virus have increasingly shaped the evolution of the pandemic and countries’ response strategies across the WHO European Region.
Read more “How have additional government measures differed in response to the recent emergence of variants of concern?”
Across the European Region, the spring semester of the 2020-21 school year (that began in January 2021) has presented multiple challenges to educators, learners and communities amidst increasing cases of SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern.
Read more “What precautionary strategies have countries taken in school settings in light of the recent rollout of vaccination programs?”
Surveillance and monitoring systems are central to governments’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This article focuses on assessing differences in mortality recording across countries and over time, to inform country comparisons.
Read more “How comparable is COVID-19 mortality across countries?”
Contact tracing is an essential tool to support the transition back to normal life during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article explores how 31 countries operate contact tracing, using data extracted from the COVID-19 Health Systems Response Monitor (HSRM).
Read more “Effective contact tracing and the role of apps: lessons from Europe”
In order to ease lockdown restrictions and prevent a second wave of infections, countries must be able to find, test, trace, isolate and support new COVID-19 cases.
Read more “Successful find-test-trace-isolate-support systems: how to win at snakes and ladders”
Responses to COVID-19 within schools have varied significantly across the European Region.
Read more “What strategies and approaches are countries implementing within schools both in response to COVID-19 and to localized outbreaks?”