The new network, called CoViNet, expands the WHO’s network of reference laboratories for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that caused the covid-19 pandemic, in 2020.Second According to a statement from the WHO, CoViNet currently includes 36 laboratories from 21 countries across the organization’s six regions – Europe, the Americas, Africa, Southeast Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Western Pacific. Representatives of the laboratories met in Geneva, Switzerland, to finalize the 2024-2025 action plan that allows WHO Member States to be better prepared for early detection, risk assessment and response to health challenges related to coronaviruses. The data generated by CoViNet will guide the work of technical groups from the WHO on the evolution of the virus and vaccine composition.
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