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Downloadable file of WHO Bulletin: https://www.who.int/publications/journals/bulletin

The Bulletin of the World Health Organization, with the theme issue on “COVID-19: lessons for effective policy responses” As of 19 March 2021, 121 million cases and over 2.6 million deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had been reported to the World Health Organization. While heads of governments, private enterprises and healthcare organizations are leading efforts to prevent infections and deaths,1 in some countries lack of prompt and effective management of the outbreak, combined with high incidence, is resulting in inadequate health system response. A large number of active cases can overwhelm health systems and put serious physical and psychological strains on health-care professionals.  In many countries, when the number of cases overwhelms the health system’s capacity to identify and trace contacts of positive cases – and in the absence of access to tests and treatment – self-isolation and self-quarantining become the only practical solutions. The health-care infrastructure in these count