Countries: Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World Source: World Health Organization Please refer to the attached file. Key events and updatesCall for Public Comment: WHO Strategic and Operational Plan for Coronavirus Disease Threat Management (2025 – 2030) 1• The World Health Organization (WHO) is developing a new five-year roadmap to guide global coronavirus disease threat management efforts, replacing the previous WHO COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) that came to an end in earlier in 2025.• This draft Strategic and Operational Plan for Coronavirus Disease Threat Management (2025–2030) reflects a shift from short-term emergency response to sustained, integrated programming for COVID-19, MERS, and future coronavirus threats.• The plan builds on lessons learned from COVID-19 and MERS responses. It is aligned with WHO’s 14th General Programme of Work (GPW14) and supports the implementation of relevant WHO agreements, frameworks, and strategies, such as the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005), the Pandemic Agreement (2025), the One Health Joint Plan of Action, and the Immunization Agenda 2030, among many others.• WHO invites Member States, technical experts, partners, community and civil society representatives to review and provide feedback on this draft plan.• WHO welcomes comments on the draft from 28 July to 08 August 2025. Feedback will be used to refine and finalize the plan before its publication. During this period, you can provide input and submit comments via the online survey accessible here. You can also submit more detailed comments by downloading the draft document and adding your suggested changes as comments in the document. Please then email the document to covid19@who.int with the subject line "Public comment submission - strategic and operational plan for coronavirus disease threat management".