IHR Emergency Committees
Ongoing emergency committees
Previous emergency committees
COVID-19 IHR Emergency Committee
The IHR Emergency Committee for COVID-19 held its first meeting on 22 and 23 January 2020. On 30 January 2020, following its second meeting, the Director-General declared that the outbreak constituted a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, accepted the Committee’s advice and issued it as IHR Temporary Recommendations. The Committee continues to meet on a regular basis.