Vaccine supply crunch adds to risk of COVID-19 resurgence
Joint Risk Assessment (JRA) accomplished for effective control of zoonotic diseases in South Sudan
Juba -to improve the prevention and control of zoonotic diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the other tripartite partners, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) supported the Government of South Sudan to convene a Joint Risk Assessment (JRA) involving several sectors and stakeholders including: the Ministry of Health; Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, the Ministry of Wildlife, the South Sudan Vet
WHO and regional health bureaus launch a nationwide health campaign to promote handwashing and use of face masks
Update COVID-19 03 May 2021
03 May 2021 — Fifty-eight (28) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2856 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to twenty-five thousand, three hundred, and eleven (25311). To date, twenty-three thousand, five hundred, and thirteen (23513) patients have recovered, including one seventy-one (71) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, four hundred, and sixty-one (1461) and three hundred and thirty-seven (337) deaths.
Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo declared over
Update COVID-19 02 May 2021
02 May 2021 — Twenty-eight (28) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3763 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to twenty-five thousand, two hundred, and fifty-three (25253). To date, twenty-three thousand, four hundred, and forty-two (23442) patients have recovered, including one hundred and eleven (111) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, four hundred, and seventy-four (1474) and three hundred and thirty-seven (337) deaths.
Update COVID-19 02 May 2021
02 May 2021 — Twenty-eight (28) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3763 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to twenty-five thousand, two hundred, and fifty-three (25253). To date, twenty-three thousand, four hundred, and forty-two (23442) patients have recovered, including one hundred and eleven (111) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, four hundred, and seventy-four (1474) and three hundred and thirty-seven (337) deaths.
Update COVID-19 01May 2021
01 May 2021 — One hundred and nine (109) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3478 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to twenty-five thousand, two hundred, and twenty-five (25225). To date, twenty-three thousand, three hundred, and forty-five (23345) patients have recovered, including one hundred and eleven (111) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, five hundred, and forty-five (1545) and three hundred and thirty-five (335) deaths.
Update COVID-19 30 April 2021
30 April 2021 — One hundred and twenty-one (121) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4868 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases twenty-five thousand, one hundred, and sixteen (25116). To date, twenty-three thousand, two hundred, and thirty-four (23234) patients have recovered, including twenty-eight (28) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, five hundred, and forty-seven (1547) and three hundred and thirty-five (335) deaths.