This article documents the chronology of the response to the
COVID-19 pandemic in July 2022, which originated in
Wuhan, China in December 2019. Some developments may become known or fully understood only in retrospect. Reporting on this pandemic began in
December 2019.
Reactions and measures in the United Nations
Reactions and measures in Africa
Reactions and measures in the Americas
Reactions and measures in the Eastern Mediterranean
Reactions and measures in Europe
Reactions and measures in South, East and Southeast Asia
Reactions and measures in the Western Pacific
1 July
Health authorities in Niue have tested passengers on a flight from New Zealand and launched contact tracing after five passengers tested positive for COVID-19.[1]
14 July
On 15 July, New Zealand's COVID-19 Response Minister
Ayesha Verrall announced that the Government would provide free masks and
rapid antigen test kits. In addition, the New Zealand Government would make it easier for vulnerable patients to obtain a range of drugs including
paxlovid,
molnupiravir, and
remdesivir.[2]