Weekly operational update on COVID-19 - 12 October 2021

Overview

In this edition of the COVID-19 Weekly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include:

• Scale-up to genomic sequencing capacities and monitoring of the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in the African Region
• Supporting health workforce with PPE in Yemen
• Support to national coordination through establishing Public Health Emergency Operations Centres in Armenia and Kyrgyzstan
• Progress on a subset of indicators from the SPRP 2021 Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
• Roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
• Translating training tools to support frontline workers in Timor-Leste
• Issuing the SPRP mid-term report and updated appeal for urgent priorities and funding requirements
• Updates on WHO’s financing to support countries in SPRP 2021 implementation and provision of critical supplies