{"id":236031,"date":"2020-05-21T13:03:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T17:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=236031"},"modified":"2020-06-22T10:40:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T14:40:37","slug":"coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-who-update-30","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-who-update-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) WHO Update 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"size-18\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><span class=\"font-open-sans\"><strong>Coronavirus disease 2019\u00a0(COVID-19) Situation Report 30<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>occupied Palestinian territory, issued 21 May 2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"size-15\" lang=\"x-size-15\">Information for period: 5 March &#8211; 21\u00a0May\u00a02020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload gnd-corner-image gnd-corner-image-center gnd-corner-image-top gnd-corner-image-bottom\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i2.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/7C\/A44\/E65\/234917\/csfinal\/covid-19May21infographic-9900000000079e3c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>10\u00a0new\u00a0confirmed\u00a0cases recorded in Gaza\u00a0in the past week\u00a0(since 6 May)<\/li>\n<li>A total of 577\u00a0COVID-19 cases in oPt: 547\u00a0in West Bank\u00a0and\u00a030\u00a0in Gaza Strip<\/li>\n<li>WHO delivered\u00a061\u00a0lab testing kits to the Gaza Strip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>WHO Preparedness, readiness and response<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>WHO is continuing to work with partners to support Ministry of Health\u2019s (MoH) efforts to respond to the COVID-19 situation in the occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload gnd-corner-image gnd-corner-image-center gnd-corner-image-top gnd-corner-image-bottom\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i3.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/7C\/A44\/E65\/234917\/csfinal\/IMG_9122-9906db0451028a3c.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i4.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/7C\/A44\/E65\/234917\/csfinal\/deliverymay14-990000079e028a3c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><em>More than 5,788 people will benefit from COVID-19 testing in the Gaza Strip\u00a0after 61 lab testing kits were delivered to local health authorities in two\u00a0deliveries\u00a0supported by oPt Humanitarian Fund and UK aid.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0acting head of our Gaza sub- office Abdelnaser Soboh is pictured delivering the kits to the central drug lab. \u200b<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Coordination,\u00a0planning\u00a0and monitoring<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>New Ministry of Health surveillance system to track COVID-19 cases<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>In response to the COVID-19 pandemic,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-qthdkuk-l-y\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Palestinian National Institute of Public Health (PNIPH)<\/a>\u00a0and the Ministry of Health leveraged local capacity to further develop and enhance the surveillance system to track COVID-19 cases in Palestine. The system, as well as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-qthdkuk-l-j\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public-facing website<\/a>,\u00a0were officially launched\u00a0this week.\u00a0The website presents regularly updated data on the situation in Palestine, distributions of cases by age and location, and health maps.<br \/>\nData from the system is being used by the government to provide updates to the public and will be used to generate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-qthdkuk-l-t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i5.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/7C\/A44\/E65\/234917\/csfinal\/COVIDScreenShotPNIPH-990000079e028a3c.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>research and reports to inform COVID-19 decisions and policies.<\/p>\n<p>More information on the system is available on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-qthdkuk-l-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PNIPH website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Surveillance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The total number of cases in oPt is 577, including 547\u00a0cases in the West Bank and\u00a030 in the Gaza Strip. In the West Bank, most cases are from East Jerusalem (179), Jerusalem Governorate (140), followed by\u00a0Hebron (73)\u00a0Ramallah (77)\u00a0and\u00a0Bethlehem (59).\u00a0In the Gaza Strip, all confirmed cases are from Gaza City. A total of 11 health workers are among those confirmed cases<\/li>\n<li>To-date, the Ministry of Health (MoH) reported a total of\u00a0464\u00a0cases have recovered:\u00a0448\u00a0in West Bank, including\u00a0118\u00a0in East Jerusalem) and\u00a030\u00a0in Gaza and four people have died in the oPt: case\u00a0fatality rate\u00a0(CFR) is 0.7%<\/li>\n<li>About\u00a0two-thirds (65%) of all confirmed cases are male (262\u00a0cases) and about 81% of all cases (325\u00a0cases) are below the age of 50 years in the oPt, excluding East Jerusalem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Laboratory diagnostics<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ul>\n<li>A total of 45,343\u00a0laboratory samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the oPt according to the\u00a0MoH<\/li>\n<li>In the Gaza Strip, health authorities are continuing to appeal for support to procure additional laboratory\u00a0testing kits. A total of\u00a08,650\u00a0samples\u00a0have\u00a0been tested, including some outside of Gaza<\/li>\n<li>Some 5,788\u00a0people will benefit from COVID-19 testing in the Gaza Strip\u00a0after\u00a061\u00a0lab testing kits were delivered to local health authorities\u00a0in two deliveries (on 14 and 20 May), thanks to generous support of the oPt Humanitarian Fund\u00a0and\u00a0UK aid<\/li>\n<li>With a global and local shortage of lab supplies and other medical equipment, large quantities of essential items are challenging to procure but WHO is working to try and address this to support oPt\u2019s COVID-19 response.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Isolation and Case Management and Operations support and logistics<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ul>\n<li>According to the\u00a0MoH, more than 19,374\u00a0Palestinians are in quarantine (home or facility-based) for monitoring of their symptoms and ensuring early detection of cases<\/li>\n<li>During the Holy Month of Ramadan, the Palestinian Authority has imposed daily movement restrictions from 19:00 until early in the morning<\/li>\n<li>In the Gaza Strip,\u00a0ten\u00a0new\u00a0confirmed\u00a0cases\u00a0were\u00a0reported\u00a0in the past week,\u00a0and a total of\u00a016\u00a0people have recovered from COVID-19, out of which\u00a012\u00a0were discharged\u00a0home and\u00a0four\u00a0were moved\u00a0to quarantine facilities at Rafah\u00a0crossing.\u00a0Fourteen\u00a0active cases\u00a0remain\u00a0in isolation at Rafah crossing field hospital<\/li>\n<li>More than\u00a01,656\u00a0people are in one of the 17\u00a0operational quarantine facilities which include designated primary health facilities,\u00a0schools\u00a0or hotels<\/li>\n<li>WHO\u00a0is working in close coordination with the health authorities in Gaza to\u00a0identify\u00a0the needs of the five respiratory centers, in support of COVID-19\u00a0response<\/li>\n<li>WHO\u00a0and UNICEF continue to scale up procurement efforts to mobilize life-saving essential Intensive Care Unit and ventilator equipment through global supply\u00a0mechanisms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>East Jerusalem<\/strong>\u200b<\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ul>\n<li>As of May\u00a020,\u00a02020\u00a0(17:00), the\u00a0Palestinian Authority\u2019s Ministry of Health reported 179\u00a0COVID-19 cases in East Jerusalem with\u00a0new cases\u00a0from\u00a0Al-Thor. Two deaths have\u00a0been\u00a0reported\u00a0(CFR-\u00a01.1%)\u00a0and\u00a0118\u00a0recovered in the same period<\/li>\n<li>A reduction of referrals to\u00a0East Jerusalem Hospitals had\u00a0a great impact\u00a0on the hospitals\u2019 operational\u00a0capacity\u00a0and financial situation.\u00a0The\u00a0St Johns Eye\u00a0hospital\u00a0in particular\u00a0experienced\u00a0a dramatic drop in the number of patients at its\u00a0four\u00a0facilities in East Jerusalem,\u00a0West Bank and Gaza since the lockdown\u00a0due to\u00a0fewer\u00a0referrals\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0Ministry of Health.\u00a0More than 18,000 patients\u00a0missed their scheduled medical appointments for examination and clinical treatment\u00a0and over 1,200 major sight-saving surgeries\u00a0were cancelled. This\u00a0translated into\u00a0a significant service-provision backlog, both for the hospital and for\u00a0the\u00a0MoH,\u00a0as well as\u00a0total losses of about\u00a0US\u00a0$1.5 million\u00a0and\u00a0up to this point\u00a0and an\u00a0estimated end-of year loss\u00a0of\u00a0estimated\u00a0US\u00a0$4\u00a0million assuming gradual return to\u00a0a\u00a0normal situation\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0coming months.\u00a0The hospital has launched a fundraising\u00a0campaign to address the current\u00a0shortfalls<\/li>\n<li>To maintain continuity of\u00a0specialized\u00a0services\u00a0by the East Jerusalem\u00a0hospitals, including ophthalmic\u00a0services, it is important to continue\u00a0financial\u00a0support\u00a0to the\u00a0East Jerusalem hospitals to continue\u00a0and sustain\u00a0their operations.<\/li>\n<li>In supporting the response to the COVID-19 crisis, WHO is coordinating with the East Jerusalem Hospitals\u00a0Network (EJHN)\u00a0to address the health needs of Palestinians in East Jerusalem, focusing on provision of technical guidance, risk communication and community engagement to disseminate public health advice for prevention of COVID-19 and advocacy with donors to fund the priority needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Risk Communications and Community Engagement<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-qthdkuk-l-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload gnd-corner-image gnd-corner-image-center gnd-corner-image-top\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i6.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/7C\/A44\/E65\/234917\/csfinal\/videoRCCE-9903cf06db028a3c.png\" alt=\"Video\" width=\"273\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"size-12\" lang=\"x-size-12\"><em>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-qthdkuk-l-h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video\u00a0<\/a>urging people to quit during Ramadan as part of the RCCE campaign<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-qthdkuk-l-k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload gnd-corner-image gnd-corner-image-center gnd-corner-image-top\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i7.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/7C\/A44\/E65\/234917\/csfinal\/Card13-9903cf06db028a3c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"size-12\" lang=\"x-size-12\"><em>A social media\u00a0card encouraging social distancing measures\u00a0at mosques.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Since March, WHO has\u00a0jointly supported a COVID-19\u00a0Risk\u00a0communications and\u00a0Community\u00a0Engagement\u00a0(RCCE)\u00a0Plan\u00a0with UNICEF and\u00a0the Ministry of Health. This is supported by a\u00a0private taskforce,\u00a0including the Bank of Palestine and the\u00a0Palestinian International Cooperation Agency, as well as 30+ partners including the\u00a0Jerusalem Coalition, OCHA, Oxfam, PNGO, PMRS, UNESO,\u00a0UNFPA and UNRWA, among others<\/li>\n<li>Since March 19 this\u00a0RCCE\u00a0group has:\n<ul>\n<li>shared\u00a0more than 1,100 social media posts with health guidance and received more than 13 million\u00a0views of\u00a0the\u00a0content<\/li>\n<li>delivered more than 3 million text messages with another 3m to come next month<\/li>\n<li>broadcast\u00a0daily radio\u00a0spots\u00a0on 10 channels<\/li>\n<li>put up 15+ billboards,<\/li>\n<li>shared influencer videos\u00a0featuring\u00a0actors and\u00a0high-profile\u00a0people on TV<\/li>\n<li>delivered more than 160,000+\u00a0brochures across\u00a0opt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>During the\u00a0holy month of Ramadan, from late April to late May, the COVID-19\u00a0RCCE\u00a0Campaign\u00a0continues to focus\u00a0on messaging\u202fto help contain and prevent the spread of COVID-19.<\/li>\n<li>The latest weekly\u00a0social media cards and videos are being shared for\u00a0two weeks until June 2\u00a0are being shared\u202facross multiple channels via\u202fthe\u202fUN and 30+ partners\u00a0and\u202ffocus on:\n<ul>\n<li>Advice for Eid shopping<\/li>\n<li>Dealing with money<\/li>\n<li>Education (Tawjihi)<\/li>\n<li>Caring for People with disability during COVID-19<\/li>\n<li>Nutrition during Eid<\/li>\n<li>Social\/physical distancing during\u00a0EID<\/li>\n<li>Good food hygiene practices<\/li>\n<li>Encouragement to stop smoking<\/li>\n<li>How to pray safely in the mosque<\/li>\n<li>Safe practice for workplaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If\u00a0you\u2019d\u00a0like access to this campaign,\u00a0get in touch with\u202fWHO Communications Specialist Alice Plate:\u202f<a href=\"mailto:platea@who.int\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">platea@who.int<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coronavirus disease 2019\u00a0(COVID-19) Situation Report 30 occupied Palestinian territory, issued 21 May 2020 Information for period: 5 March &#8211; 21\u00a0May\u00a02020 Highlights 10\u00a0new\u00a0confirmed\u00a0cases recorded in Gaza\u00a0in the past week\u00a0(since 6 May) A total of 577\u00a0COVID-19 cases in oPt: 547\u00a0in West Bank\u00a0and\u00a030\u00a0in Gaza Strip WHO delivered\u00a061\u00a0lab testing kits to the Gaza Strip WHO Preparedness, readiness and response <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-who-update-30\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"template-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2929,2949],"document-source":[2529],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2533],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-236031","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-situation-report","document-category-update","document-source-world-health-organization-who","document-subject-health","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/236031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/236031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=236031"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=236031"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=236031"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=236031"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=236031"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=236031"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=236031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}