Weekly operational update on COVID-19 - 7 June 2021

Overview

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

• Second training of trainers on infection prevention and control (IPC) in Mauritius
• COVAX ships an additional 559 200 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Malaysia
• The Hospital of Tomorrow: WHO/Europe supports Tuscany Region in Italy in hospital redesign
• Support for COVID-19 response amidst staggering health needs in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem
• Strengthening vaccine rollout preparedness for refugees in Cox’s Bazar
• The launch of the SPRP 2021 Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and progress on a subset of indicators
• Librarians supporting the timely dissemination of COVID-19 seroprevalence data through GOARN and a workshop on health systems for health security
• Updates on WHO’s financing to support countries in SPRP 2021 implementation and provision of critical supplies.