Corona Virus (COVID-19) - Updates Around the WORLD
SITUATION IN NUMBERS
Total (new) cases in last 24 hours
Globally
2 544 792 confirmed (73 657)
175 694 deaths (6689)
European Region
1 251 458 confirmed (31 972)
113 336 deaths (3384)
Region of the Americas
957 402 confirmed (32 111)
47 812 deaths (3038)
Eastern Mediterranean Region
144 450 confirmed (5101)
6469 deaths (143)
Western Pacific Region
137 902 confirmed (1632)
5818 deaths (25)
South-East Asia Region
36 039 confirmed (2127)
1498 deaths (71)
African Region
16 829 confirmed (714)
748 deaths (28)
WHO RISK ASSESSMENT
Global Level Very High
HIGHLIGHTS
• The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) has launched a
GOARN COVID-19 Knowledge hub. The hub is designed as a central repository of
quality public health information, guidance, tools and webinars which can be
accessed freely at any point.
• WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros, in his regular media briefing yesterday,
cautioned that “we have a long way to go. This virus will be with us for a long
time”. He added that “the world cannot go back to the way things were. There
must be a “new normal” – a world that is healthier, safer and better prepared”.
His speech can be found here.
• WHO has published guidance ‘Addressing Human Rights as Key to the COVID-19Response’. The guidance document highlights the importance of integrating a
human rights-based approach into the COVID-19 response and highlights key
considerations in relation to addressing stigma and discrimination, prevention
of violence against women, support for vulnerable populations, quarantine and
restrictive measures, and shortages of supplies and equipment.
• All available evidence for COVID-19 suggests that SARS-CoV-2 has a zoonotic
source. Many researchers have been able to look at the genomic features of
SARS-CoV-2 and have found that evidence does not support that SARS-CoV-2 is
a laboratory construct. A constructed virus would show a mix of known elements
within genomic sequences – this is not the case. For more details, please see
‘subject in focus’.
WHO Corona Virus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Situation Report -83
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