Corona Virus (COVID-19) - Updates Around the WORLD
SITUATION IN NUMBERS
Total (new) cases in last 24 hours
Globally
2 626 321 confirmed (81 529)
181 938 deaths (6260)
European Region
1 284 216 confirmed (32 758)
116 523 deaths (3187)
Region of the Americas
995 510 confirmed (38 108)
50 583 deaths (2787)
Eastern Mediterranean Region
149 295 confirmed (4845)
6608 deaths (139)
Western Pacific Region
139 782 confirmed (1880)
5869 deaths (51)
South-East Asia Region
38 572 confirmed (2533)
1554 deaths (56)
African Region
18 234 confirmed (1405)
788 deaths (40)
WHO RISK ASSESSMENT
Global Level Very High
HIGHLIGHTS
• WHO has published an interim guidance ‘COVID-19 and Food Safety: Guidance
for competent authorities responsible for national food safety control systems’.
The guidance document provides advice and recommendations for national
food safety authorities to optimize food control functions and prioritize critical
services that preserve the integrity of food safety systems.
• WHO has published an interim guidance ‘Water, sanitation, hygiene, and waste
management for the COVID-19 virus’. This interim guidance is the second edition
and supplements existing infection prevention and control documents by
summarizing the latest evidence on COVID-19 in water supplies and sanitation.
It highlights WHO guidance on water, sanitation, hand hygiene and health care
waste which is relevant for viruses (including coronaviruses).
• WHO’s Health Security Learning Platform offers a number of online courses to
help enhance knowledge on specific issues related to the implementation of the
International Health Regulations (2005). A new course, “Operational
considerations for managing COVID-19 cases/outbreak in aviation”, is available
and is the topic for today’s ‘Subject in Focus’, below
WHO Corona Virus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Situation Report -83
- SAUDI OPEN MOH STAFF NURSE VACANCY 2020
- URGENTLY REQUIRED MALE AND FEMALE NURSES TO UAE & QATAR
- MALDIVES MOH STAFF NURSE RECRUITMENT 2019
- SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, OMAN
- MALE AND FEMALE NURSES VACANCY MINISTRY OF DEFENSE