Milestones :: Perspectives :: Research
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Coronavirus [COVID-19] – WHO
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
Weekly Epidemiological and Operational updates
Last update: 10 Sep 2021
Confirmed cases :: 223 022 538 [218 946 836 week ago]
Confirmed deaths :: 4 602 882 [4 539 723 week ago]
Vaccine doses administered: 5 352 927 296 [5 289 724 918 week ago]
8 September 2021
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WHO Director-General’s briefing to the African Union Ambassadors
8 September 2021
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WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 8 September 2021
[See Milestones above for detail]
6 September 2021
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WHO Director-General’s intervention at the G20 Health Ministers Meeting: Session 2
6 September 2021
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WHO Director-General’s intervention at the G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting
6 September 2021
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WHO Director-General’s address at the Regional Committee of the WHO South-East Asia Region
6 September 2021
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WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the 74th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia
5 September 2021
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WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at G20 Health Ministers Meeting – 5 September 2021
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Weekly operational update on COVID-19 – 30 August 2021
Overview
In this edition of the COVID-19 Weekly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include:
– GeneXpert machine donated to Belize’s Central Medical Laboratory
Supporting quality management implementation, coordination and costing as part of the COVID-19 laboratory response in Kyrgyzstan
– 15 000 kg of medical supplies arrive in Fiji to support the response to a surge in COVID-19 cases
– Extending COVID-19 vaccination to Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar camps in Bangladesh
Responding to COVID-19 in Jordan: The Innovative Use of Online Platforms
– The Elsje Finck-Sanichar College COVAB in Suriname embraces OpenWHO and online learning during COVID-19 pandemic
– Progress on a subset of indicators from the SPRP 2021 Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
Updates on WHO’s financing to support countries in SPRP 2021 implementation and provision of critical supplies.
Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 – 7 September 2021
Overview
The global incidence of COVID-19 cases has remained stable over the month with over 4.4 million new cases reported this week (30 August-5 September). During this period, all regions reported either a decline (Regions of Africa, South-East Asia, and the Eastern Mediterranean) or a similar trend (Regions of Europe and the Western Pacific) in new weekly cases, except for the Region of the Americas which reported a 19% increase as compared to previous week. The number of deaths reported globally this week also remained similar to the previous week, with just under 68 000 new deaths reported. The incidence of new deaths declined in all regions apart from the Region of the Americas and Europe where deaths increased by 17% and 20% respectively.
The cumulative number of cases reported globally is now just over 220 million and the cumulative number of deaths is over 4.5 million.
In this edition, one special focus update is provided:
:: A detailed update on the phenotypic characteristics (transmissibility, disease severity, risk of reinfection, and impacts on diagnostics and vaccine performance) of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern (VOCs) Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta. It also includes updates on the geographic distribution of VOCs.
Status of COVID-19 Vaccines within WHO EUL/PQ evaluation process 19 August 2021
For 22 vaccine candidates, presents Manufacturer, Name of Vaccine, NRA of Record, Platform, EOI Accepted Status, Pre-submission Meeting Held Status, Dossier Accepted for Review, Status of Assessment; Anticipated/Completed Decision Date
[No updates since 19 Aug 2021]
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