Weekly operational update on COVID-19 - 26 April 2021

Overview

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

• The delivery of COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Syrian Arab Republic via the COVAX Facility
• Delivery of life-saving oxygen concentrators to the Philippines
• A joint technical support mission to Albania
• One year of the pandemic learning response: benefits and performance of the OpenWHO platform during the pandemic
• Empowering populations to address the COVID-19 infodemic globally and the Africa Infodemic Response Alliance launch of Viral Facts Africa
• The Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) 2021 resource requirements and progress made to continue investing in the COVID-19 response and for building the architecture to prepare for, prevent and mitigate future health emergencies
• Updates on WHO/PAHO procured items, Partners Platform, implementation of the Unity Studies, and select indicators from the COVID-19 Monitoring and Evaluation Framework