22 December 2022 Your key COVID-19 report
Monthly Operational Update
November
In this edition of the COVID-19 Monthly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include:
- COVID-19: Increasing vaccination coverage in Haiti through community outreach, despite serious challenges.
- WHO and USAID provide life-saving medical equipment to strengthen Mongolia’s health system in response to COVID-19.
- WHO/Europe facilitates a study tour for Azerbaijan and Portugal to share knowledge on their respective Emergency Response Information Management Systems.
- WHO supports health authorities in Mozambique to better prepare for public health emergencies.
- Health workers still fighting COVID-19 in an exhausted health system in Yemen.
- Promoting COVID-19 vaccination in indigenous communities in Colombia.
- WHO/Europe and the Kazakhstan Country Office complete SARI simulation courses on advanced clinical management of patients with severe and critical COVID-19.
- WHO convenes partners to enhance community engagement in support of the COVID-19 response and routine health services in Malaysia.
- In Benin, medical oxygen offers lifesaving therapy against COVID-19.
- Integrating SARS-CoV-2 and influenza surveillance in Timor-Leste.
- Working to ensure a healthy FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: WHO’s support to health security.
- The WHO Partners Platform: a digital platform changing the way the international community works together to ensure fair and equitable access to COVID-19 Therapeutics.
- WHO launches the Emergency Medical Teams 2030 Strategy to strengthen rapid response amid emergencies worldwide.
- Country immunization staff prefer self-paced online learning formats, according to survey.
- WHO’s COVID-19 Response Funding in 2022: Delivering science, solutions and solidarity to end the acute phase of the pandemic.
Weekly Epidemiological Update
21 December 2022
Globally, the number of new weekly cases reported during the week of 12 to 18 December 2022 was similar (+3%) to the previous week, with over 3.7 million new cases reported. The number of new weekly deaths was 6% lower than in the previous week, with over 10 400 new fatalities reported. In the last 28 days, over 13.7 million cases and over 40 000 new fatalities were reported globally - a 36% increase and 2% decline, respectively, compared to the previous 28 days. As of 18 December 2022, over 649 million confirmed cases and over 6.6 million deaths have been reported globally.
In this edition, we include:
- The COVID-19 epidemiological update at the global and regional levels.
- An update on the circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) and Omicron subvariants under monitoring.
- An update on hospitalizations and ICU admissions related to COVID-19.
- Summary of Monthly Operational Update.
Donors making a difference in 2022
In 2022, WHO made a difference in people’s lives thanks to the help of donors. Some examples of our main achievements this year are the elimination of blinding eye infection in Malawi and Vanuatu; elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Oman; avoiding an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a Marburg disease outbreak in Ghana; eliminating rubella in Singapore; immunizing half a million children against polio in 48 hours in Zambia, and more.
Overcoming challenges in pursuit of health – an overview of WHO’s work in 2022
Read more stories of work in countries around the world in support of the COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan 2021.
This week we received additional funding from the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Thanks to all donors and partners contributing to the WHO COVID-19 response.
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