{"id":258059,"date":"2021-09-09T14:29:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T18:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=258059"},"modified":"2021-09-09T14:29:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T18:29:27","slug":"coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-who-situation-report-80","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-who-situation-report-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) WHO Situation Report 80"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fkhijyk-l-r\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><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:\/\/i1.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/3B\/DBC\/676\/032857\/csfinal\/WHO-EMRO-EN-C-oPt1-9901450514028a3c.png\" alt=\"World Health organization oPt\" width=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/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><\/div>\n<\/div>\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 80<\/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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"size-15\" lang=\"x-size-15\">Issued 9\u00a0September 2021<\/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 class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i2.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/3B\/DBC\/676\/032857\/csfinal\/Infographic-CampaignMonitor-990000051404513c.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" \/><\/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>Active cases of COVID-19 infections continue to rise across the oPt, with the significant majority\u00a0still\u00a0occurring in Gaza\u00a0(60%) where deaths have trebled in one week<\/li>\n<li>A dedicated vaccination drive in\u00a0the\u00a0Gaza\u00a0Strip\u00a0has seen\u00a0more vaccine uptake in the last two weeks than in the\u00a0entire six-month period before that when vaccinations\u00a0first\u00a0started<\/li>\n<li>COVAX delivered\u00a0yet more vaccines\u00a0to oPt\u00a0in\u00a0the month of\u00a0August: 500,000 Moderna and\u00a0100,000 Pfizer,\u00a0bringing the total number of vaccines in oPt to\u00a0just under three million.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/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>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i3.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/3B\/DBC\/676\/032857\/csfinal\/COVAXModernaboxes-990000000003cf3c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" \/><\/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\/3B\/DBC\/676\/032857\/csfinal\/CLose-upModernapackages-990000000003cf3c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>COVAX Delivers More Vaccines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On 24 August 2021, COVAX delivered another shipment of vaccines to oPt: 500,000 Moderna vaccines donated by the US government, of which 300,000\u00a0doses were allocated for the West Bank and the other 200,000 destined for the Gaza Strip.\u00a0WHO\u00a0in oPt\u00a0works with its partners in COVAX to make sure Palestinians are getting these much-needed coronavirus vaccines, and thanks the US government for its generosity.<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a025 August 2021,\u00a0COVAX\u00a0also delivered 100,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines to\u00a0oPt.<\/p>\n<p><em>#VaccinesSaveLives #TheSoonerTheSafer<\/em><\/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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><strong>WHO preparedness, readiness and response<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>WHO continues to work closely with partners to support Ministry of Health\u2019s (MoH) efforts to respond to the COVID-19\u00a0outbreak.<\/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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Coordination,\u202fplanning\u202fand monitoring\u200b<\/strong><\/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<ul>\n<li>The state of emergency over COVID-19 decreed by President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank\u00a0continues in place<\/li>\n<li>Also\u00a0in West Bank,\u00a0medical staff and priority groups such as the elderly and sick are to receive the third \u2018booster\u2019 dose, while\u00a0universities must vaccinate up to 70% of administrative and academic staff for the school year to continue<\/li>\n<li>In Gaza,\u00a0the\u00a0MoH\u00a0has\u00a0now\u00a0halted mandatory vaccination of governmental staff members, service providers and\u00a0high school students\u00a0until\u00a0more vaccines are available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Surveillance<\/strong><\/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<ul>\n<li>The WHO risk assessment\u00a0remains\u00a0high,\u00a0with\u00a030,764\u00a0active cases\u00a0across the\u00a0oPt, a jump\u00a0of 150%\u00a0since\u00a0two weeks ago.\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0infections in the Gaza Strip still account for\u00a0the majority of\u00a0all\u00a0cases,\u00a0at\u00a0just below\u00a060%.<\/li>\n<li>In the West Bank,\u00a0numbers of\u00a0cases\u00a0have been\u00a0rising\u00a0steadily\u00a0week\u00a0by week,\u00a0and are now at 12,312,\u00a0while testing has\u00a0doubled allowing for a fall in positivity to 14% from 22% a week\u00a0ago<\/li>\n<li>The breakdown of active COVID-19 cases across the oPt is as follows: Gaza Strip (59.3%), followed by the West Bank governorates of Nablus (11.4%), Tulkarm (9.5%),\u00a0Ramallah\u00a0(4.5%),\u00a0Jenin\u00a0(4.4%),\u00a0Qalqilya\u00a0(3.9%),\u00a0Salfit (3.1%), Hebron\u00a0(1.1%) and Tubas\u00a0(0.7%)<\/li>\n<li>The overall Case Fatality Rate (CFR)\u00a0across oPt\u00a0remains at\u00a01%.\u00a0The CFR is the proportion of\u00a0deaths\u00a0among identified confirmed\u00a0cases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Laboratory testing and diagnostics<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>The number of tests conducted in the oPt has\u00a0increased\u00a0by\u00a055% during the reporting period (3\u00a0\u2013\u00a09 September),\u00a0with\u00a088,176\u00a0tests\u00a0conducted, and an overall positivity of 19%<\/li>\n<li>In the Gaza Strip, COVID-19 testing\u00a0has quadrupled over the past month, with an average of 4,875\u00a0tests per day\u00a0during the month of September. However, positivity is still\u00a0rather high, reaching 29% on\u00a09 September.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Isolation and Case Management, Operations Support and Logistics\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>In light of\u00a0the increased number of COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization, Gaza health authorities\u00a0expanded the number of beds allocated for COVID-19 management to 470, including 85\u00a0intensive care units\u00a0(ICU).\u00a0The overall\u00a0COVID-19 bed\u00a0occupancy\u00a0currently\u00a0is\u00a073%, with 341 of 470 beds occupied. Fifty-one\u00a0out\u00a0of the\u00a085\u00a0ICU beds\u00a0(60%) are taken up, with\u00a0seven\u00a0patients on mechanical ventilation<\/li>\n<li>In the West Bank, hospitals continue to respond to the\u00a0escalating COVID-19 situation: ICU bed occupancy has risen again, this time to 74% (up from 58% a week ago) with 67 ICU beds occupied out of 90, and 13 patients now on ventilators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/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>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i5.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/3B\/DBC\/676\/032857\/csfinal\/Mosque-990000000003cf3c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i6.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/3B\/DBC\/676\/032857\/csfinal\/InsidetheMosques-990000000003cf3c.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>COVID-19 \u00a0Vaccine Awareness Campaign in Gaza&#8217;s Mosques<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a creative effort to encourage the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination by the public in Gaza, the PA MoH and WHO launched a month-long campaign targeting up to 20,600 worshipers inside mosques all over the Strip. Twelve health promoters conducted over 240 educational sessions in different localities of the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>They focused on busting myths and disinformation about vaccines and delivered\u00a054,000 health promotion publications and 6,000 masks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fkhijyk-l-y\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/AfujKpgMRek<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>COVID-19 Vaccination Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i7.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/3B\/DBC\/676\/032857\/csfinal\/BlueTable-9900000000079e3c.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Latest Vaccine Arrivals<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>On Wednesday 25 August, 100,000 Pfizer vaccines were delivered to oPt via the\u00a0COVAX mechanism: 40,000\u00a0doses went\u00a0to\u00a0Gaza and\u00a060,000\u00a0to West Bank<\/li>\n<li>The previous day, on Tuesday 24 August,\u00a0a shipment of 500,000 Moderna vaccines arrived in oPt also via the COVAX mechanism,\u00a0donated by\u00a0the US government: 200,000 doses were delivered to Gaza, while 300,000\u00a0were delivered\u00a0to West Bank.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Vaccination\u00a0Numbers\u00a0\/\u00a0News\u00a0(as of\u00a09\u00a0September)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>1,185,157\u00a0people have been vaccinated in total across the oPt:\u00a0840,339\u00a0in the West Bank, and\u00a0344,818\u00a0in Gaza.\u00a0These figures represent around 39.5% of the target Palestinian\u202fpopulation\u00a0(18 years and above)<\/li>\n<li>Of these numbers, the total who have received their second dose 488,469 in the oPt overall (excluding East Jerusalem):\u00a0407,055 in West Bank, and 81,144\u00a0in Gaza<\/li>\n<li>Gaza health authorities\u00a0have\u00a0increased\u00a0the number of vaccination centres to around\u00a049, fourteen of which are operating double shifts to offer vaccinations to those aged 16\u00a0and over<\/li>\n<li>On 25 August, authorities in Gaza launched\u00a0a campaign with incentives to encourage older people\u00a0to get vaccinated<\/li>\n<li>Concerns are rising that an increase in vaccination demand might not be met by the existing vaccine and consumables supplies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Key supplies monitored by the Health Cluster\u00a0related to\u00a0COVID-19 supplies delivered or in the pipeline<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i8.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/3B\/DBC\/676\/032857\/csfinal\/tracker-large-9900000000079e3c.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"size-20\" lang=\"x-size-20\"><strong>More local information<\/strong><\/h3>\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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fkhijyk-l-j\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><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:\/\/i9.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/3B\/DBC\/676\/032857\/csfinal\/dashboardTh-e73075e51d9cb181.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fkhijyk-l-t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-emb-iscopy=\"true\">WHO COVID-19 Dashboard for oPt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div align=\"center\"><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:\/\/i10.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/3B\/DBC\/676\/032857\/csfinal\/Capture-38c80b37eb718578.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"size-14\" lang=\"x-size-14\"><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fkhijyk-l-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-emb-iscopy=\"true\">Gaza COVID-19 weekly epidemiological bulletin<\/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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"size-18\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><strong>Situation in the Eastern\u00a0Mediterranean\u00a0Region and Globally\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layout three-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>See dashboards\u00a0for latest updates on cases in countries in our neighbourhood<\/li>\n<li>914,403\u00a0cases and\u00a06,580\u00a0deaths in Israel\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fkhijyk-l-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-emb-iscopy=\"true\">as of 12 August 2021, 10:00 CET<\/a>)\u00a0according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fkhijyk-l-h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-emb-iscopy=\"true\">WHO EURO<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fkhijyk-l-k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><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:\/\/i1.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/3B\/DBC\/676\/032857\/csfinal\/EMROdashboard-99000006db01453c.PNG\" alt=\"Eastern Mediterranean dashboard\" width=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"btn btn--shadow btn--medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fkhijyk-l-u\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastern Mediterranean<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fkhijyk-l-o\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><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:\/\/i2.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/3B\/DBC\/676\/032857\/csfinal\/WHOdashboard-990a2806db01453c.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"btn btn--shadow btn--large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fkhijyk-l-x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global<\/a><\/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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><strong>Latest WHO advice and health information:<\/strong><\/h3>\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 align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fkhijyk-l-m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i3.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/3B\/DBC\/676\/032857\/csfinal\/covid_19_health_advice_image-99079e06db04513c-9907-99079e06db04513c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><em>For updated WHO Publications and Technical Guidance on COVID-19, click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fkhijyk-l-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-emb-iscopy=\"true\">here<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"size-18\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><span class=\"font-open-sans\"><strong>Further information:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Dr. Richard Peeperkorn, WHO oPt Head of Office, peeperkornr@who.int<br \/>\nDr David Lai, WHO oPt Emergencies Team Lead, laidavid@who.int<br \/>\nMs Nicola Baldwin, WHO oPt Communications Officer, baldwinn@who.int<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coronavirus disease 2019\u00a0(COVID-19) Situation Report 80 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