Critical preparedness, readiness and response actions for COVID-19 (WHO Technical Guidance)

Published on March 18, 2020

WHO has defined four transmission scenarios for COVID-19:

1. Countries with no cases (No cases);

2. Countries with 1 or more cases, imported or locally detected (Sporadic cases);

3. Countries experiencing cases clusters in time, geographic location and/or common exposure (Clusters of cases);

4. Countries experiencing larger outbreaks of local transmission (Community transmission).

This document describes the preparedness, readiness and response actions for COVID-19 for each transmission scenario. WHO 

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