Situation reports, WHO African Region
* Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation reports are now included in The WHO Africa outbreaks and emergencies bulletin.
- COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 34 (2020)
21 October 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 33 (2020)
14 October 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 32 (2020)
07 October 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 31 (2020)
30 September 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 30 (2020)
23 September 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 29 (2020)
16 September 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 28 (2020)
09 September 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 27 (2020)
02 September 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 26 (2020)
26 August 2020
- COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 25 (2020)
- 19 August 2020
- COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 24 (2020)
12 August 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 23 (2020)
- 05 August 2020
- COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 22 (2020)
29 July 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 21 (2020)
22 July 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 20 (2020)
15 July 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 19 (2020)
08 July 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 18 (2020)
01 July 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 17 (2020)
24 June 2020
- COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 16 (2020)
17 June 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 15 (2020)
10 June 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 14 (2020)
03 June 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 13 (2020)
27 May 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 12 (2020)
20 May 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 11 (2020)
13 May 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 10 (2020)
06 May 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 09 (2020)
29 April 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 08 (2020)
22 April 2020
- COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 07 (2020)
- 15 April 2020
- COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 06 (2020)
08 April 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 05 (2020)
01 April 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 04 (2020)
25 March 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 03 (2020)
18 March 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 02 (2020)
11 March 2020 - COVID-19 Outbreak Sitrep 01 (2020)
04 March 2020
Covid-19 newsletters
- COVID-19 vaccination roll-out stagnates in Africa
21 October 2022 - COVID-19 cases in Africa on a sustained plateau
15 July 2022 - Delivering progress in Africa’s COVID-19 vaccination drive
24 June 2022 - Southern Africa faces uptick in COVID-19 cases
13 May 2022 - Africa witnesses longest-running decline in COVID-19 cases
14 Avril 2022 - Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine uptake increases by 15%
18 March 2022 - Africa marks a year of COVID-19 vaccine delivery
25 February 2022
- COVID-19 & genomic surveillance in Africa
1 October 2021 - Africa faces 470 million COVID-19 vaccine shortfall in 2021
17 September 2021 - COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa ramp up
29 July 2021 - COVID-19 deaths in Africa surge more than 40% over previous week
15 July 2021 - Rife COVID-19 variants fuel Africa’s surging wave
02 July 2021 - Africa faces steepest COVID-19 surge yet
24 June 2021 - Nine in 10 African countries set to miss urgent COVID-19 vaccination goal
10 June 2021 - Africa urgently needs 20 million second doses of COVID-19 vaccine
27 May 2021
- What fuels unproven COVID-19 therapies?
21 May 2021 - African Vaccination Week Newsletter
21 April 2021 - Less than 2% of world’s COVID-19 vaccines administered in Africa
08 April 2021 - Fewer COVID-19 cases among women in Africa: WHO analysis
04 March 2021 - Ghana receives COVID-19 vaccines as COVAX global delivery begins
25 February 2021 - Rising mortality as Africa marks one year of COVID-19
11 February 2021 - New COVID-19 variants fueling Africa's second wave
28 January 2021 - Africa needs timely access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines
21 January 2021
- Landmark alliance launches in Africa to fight COVID-19 misinformation
03 December 2020 - Nearly 1 in 5 COVID-19 deaths in the African region linked to diabetes
12 November 2020 - COVID-19 hits life-saving health services in Africa
05 November 2020 - New COVID-19 rapid tests a game changer for Africa
22 October 2020 - Africa’s COVID-19 response sees progress
15 October 2020 - COVID-19 halting crucial mental health services in Africa, WHO survey
08 October 2020 - Social, environmental factors seen behind Africa’s low COVID-19 cases
24 September 2020 - Noncommunicable diseases increase risk of dying from COVID-19 in Africa
10 September 2020 - African countries engaging in ground-breaking COVID-19 vaccine initiative
3 September 2020 - WHO, UNICEF urge safe school reopening in Africa
20 August 2020 - WHO ramps up COVID-19 support to hotspot countries in Africa
6 August 2020 - Africa closes in on one million COVID-19 cases
30 July 2020 - Over 10 000 health workers in Africa infected with COVID-19
23 July 2020 - WHO urges greater COVID-19 health services in Africa’s humanitarian settings
16 July 2020 - WHO calls for equitable access to future COVID-19 vaccines in Africa
9 July 2020 - WHO urges strong COVID-19 safety measures as African countries to resume air travel
2 July 2020 - Building on Ebola response to tackle COVID-19 in DRC
25 June 2020 - WHO concerned over COVID-19 impact on women, girls in Africa
18 June 2020
- Africa records over 200 000 COVID-19 cases
11 June 2020 - Three months of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa
28 May 2020 - WHO showcases leading African innovations in COVID-19 response
22 May 2020 - COVID-19 could deepen food insecurity, malnutrition in Africa
14 May 2020 - New WHO estimates: Up to 190 000 people could die of COVID-19 in Africa if not controlled
07 May 2020 - African countries start easing COVID-19 confinement measures
30 April 2020 - WHO urges countries not to let COVID-19 eclipse other health issues
23 April 2020 - WHO, WFP and AU deliver critical supplies as COVID-19 accelerates in West and Central Africa
15 April 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic expands reach in Africa
9 April 2020 - WHO concerned as COVID-19 cases accelerate in Africa
2 April 2020 - WHO urges African countries to scale up COVID-19 response
26 March 2020 - More than 600 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Africa
19 March 2020 - More than 10 countries in Africa report COVID-19 cases
12 March 2020 - WHO and key health partners join forces to fight COVID-19 in Africa
05 March 2020 - From readiness to response
27 February 2020 - More than 20 African countries can now test for coronavirus disease
20 February 2020 - The African region reinforces preparedness for coronavirus disease
13 February 2020
Photo stories
Rolling out COVID-19 vaccines in Rwanda
8 April 2021
8 April 2021
Bolstering COVID-19 surveillance in Lagos
8 August 2020
8 August 2020
Scaling up coronavirus outbreak readiness in Ethiopia
21 February 2020
21 February 2020
COVID-19 readiness situation update, WHO AFRO region
- Epidemiological Week No. 9
25 February 2020 - Epidemiological Week No. 8
18 February 2020
