Six months into this outbreak, we’ve reached the grim milestone of 10 million people infected and half a million lives lost worldwide.

Four months into the COVID-19 epidemic, in the WHO Western Pacific Region, we have more than 164,000 confirmed cases and around 6,600 people have lost their lives.

For millions of people across the Western Pacific Region, this season of religious events and cultural festivities will be dramatically different, as governments discourage or ban large gatherings and urge people to stay home to slow or stop the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).