COVID-19 Protection Guidance

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus, first identified in December 2019. It was initially declared a global emergency of public health concern by WHO on 30 January 2020. On 11 March it was declared a pandemic. Oxfam classified it as a Category 1 crisis on 18 March 2020. Official measures in response to the outbreak have included physical distancing and severe restrictions on movement. These measures, along with the global scale of the crisis, pose an unprecedented challenge to the way we engage the people we serve, and draw attention to the pivotal role communities play as humanitarian actors in their own right.