EMERGENCIES

Coronavirus [COVID-19]
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)

Editor’s Note:
We certainly recognize the velocity of global developments in the COVID-19 pandemic. While we have concentrated the most current key reports just below, COVID-19 announcements, analysis and commentary will be found throughout this issue, in all sections.
Beyond the considerable continuing coverage in the global general media, the WHO’s authoritative guidance is available here:
:: Daily WHO situation reports here: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports
:: WHO Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) daily press briefings here: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/media-resources/press-briefings

Situation report – 109 [WHO]
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
8 May 2020
[Excerpts]
Situation in numbers (by WHO Region)
Total (new cases in last 24 hours)
Globally 3 759 967 cases (87 729) 259 474 deaths (5429)
Africa 37 717 cases (2247) 1275 deaths (47)
Americas 1 586 129 cases (43 300) 87 930 deaths (3126)
Eastern Mediterranean 237 323 cases (8125) 8608 deaths (143)
Europe 1 654 345 cases (28 308) 152 179 deaths (1941)
South-East Asia 86 294 cases (4486) 3075 deaths (139)
Western Pacific 157 447 cases (1263) 6394 deaths (33)

HIGHLIGHTS
:: WHO launched a checklist to support prison administrators and policy-makers for rapid and effective response to COVID-19.
:: WHO is supporting several African countries to coordinate and reinforce the work of emergency medical teams (EMTs) deployed to support the efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
:: The WHO Regional Director for Europe, Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge stated his concern about the increase in interpersonal violence during COVID-19, and emphasized that “violence is preventable, not inevitable”

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How WHO is re-imagining and fixing the links in the supply chains during COVID-19
7 May 2020

WHO Solidarity Trial: How a Spanish doctor joined the race for a COVID-19 treatment
7 May 2020

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