Weekly operational update on COVID-19 - 6 September 2021

Overview

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

• Shipment of medical supplies to Viet Nam
• Engagement of the African Regional Monitoring of Vaccine Effectiveness (AFRO-MoVE) in 17 countries
• Scale-up capacity for real-time PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2 and biosafety in Montenegro at the subnational level
• Risk Communications and Community Engagement support hotline in Thailand
• Civil Society Organization engagement in North-West Syria
• Updates on WHO’s Early AI-Powered Social Listening Tool (EARS) to support country infodemic management
• Inauguration of the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin
• 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.