Weekly Operational Update on COVID-19 (31 May 2021) Format Overview In this edition of the COVID-19 Weekly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include: Launch of “Strengthening Civil Society Engagement in the COVID-19 Response” in Guyana Infection prevention and control (IPC) critical for COVID-19 care and recovery in India Intra-Action Review (IAR) in Montenegro Vanuatu the seventh country in the Pacific islands to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX Facility Indian Sign Language course extends OpenWHO reach and accessibility amidst the COVID-19 pandemic Utilizing message testing to ensure behavioural messages resonate with the intended audience and a global consultative meeting on Intra-Action Reviews (IARs) and simulation exercises