Weekly operational update on COVID-19 - 20 July 2021

Overview

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

• Strengthening clinical management of COVID-19 in Ghana
• Receiving 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Viet Nam donated by the United States of America through the COVAX Facility
• COVID-19 readiness and response at Points of Entry in Armenia
• Planning and decentralization in Mumbai, India to fight the second COVID-19 surge
• Receiving 500 000 vaccines in Haiti donated by the United States of America through the COVAX Facility
• Enhancing resilience among parents and children in the Syrian Arab Republic through the “My Hero is You” mental health campaign
• Exploring the use of WHO’s COVID-19 vaccination online learning in countries
• Progress on a subset of indicators from the SPRP 2021 Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
• Updates on WHO’s financing to support countries in SPRP 2021 implementation and provision of critical supplies.