Weekly operational update on COVID-19 - 18 October 2021

Overview

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

• Ongoing COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Ghana
• COVID-19 response at mental health care facilities in Azerbaijan
• Two-day vaccination campaign to boost coverage in Samoa
• IT equipment and supplies for vaccine safety surveillance in Belize
• Reviewing the COVID-19 Response in Somalia
• Six in seven COVID-19 infections go undetected in Africa: initiative to enhance community screening
• 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.