• Four new member states (Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iraq and Oman) have reported cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
• For health workers and public health professionals, WHO has an online course titled Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). You can access the course via the following link: https://openwho. org/courses/COVID-19-IPC-EN.
• The joint WHO-China mission ended on 24 February. The team made a number of findings about the transmissibility of the virus, the severity of the disease and the impact of the measures taken. Please consult here for more information on the mission's findings.
• A joint WHO and European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) mission arrived in Italy on 24 February to support the Italian authorities in the COVID-19 situation.

The WHO report can be accessed here.