Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in August 2022

This article documents the chronology of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in August 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.

1 August

 * New Zealand, Samoa, and Tonga reopen their borders to international visitors and temporary visa holders.