{"id":250245,"date":"2021-04-29T16:05:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T20:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=250245"},"modified":"2021-04-29T16:05:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T20:05:37","slug":"coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-who-situation-report-74","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-who-situation-report-74\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) WHO Situation Report 74"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fswkk-l-r\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload gnd-corner-image gnd-corner-image-center gnd-corner-image-top gnd-corner-image-bottom\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i1.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/35\/5F4\/6DE\/002232\/csfinal\/WHO-EMRO-EN-C-oPt1-9901450514028a3c.png\" alt=\"World Health organization oPt\" width=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"size-18\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><span class=\"font-open-sans\"><strong>Coronavirus disease 2019\u00a0(COVID-19) Situation Report 74<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"size-15\" lang=\"x-size-15\">Issued 29\u00a0April 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload gnd-corner-image gnd-corner-image-center gnd-corner-image-top gnd-corner-image-bottom\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i2.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/35\/5F4\/6DE\/002232\/csfinal\/2020-covid-1926-9900000000079e3c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>1000 new COVID-19 cases a day in the Gaza Strip &#8211;\u00a0authorities\u00a0impose tighter restrictions\u00a0and\u00a0compulsory quarantine\u00a0in designated facilities for travelers from India\u00a0and\u00a0Bangladesh<\/li>\n<li>In the West Bank,\u00a0infections continue to\u00a0decline, but\u00a0hospitals remain\u00a0busy with\u00a083% of ICU beds\u00a0occupied<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0PA\u00a0MoH\u00a0says\u00a0that 99% of the COVID-19 virus circulating in Palestine is from the\u00a0highly contagious\u00a0British Variant B.1.1.7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i3.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/35\/5F4\/6DE\/002232\/csfinal\/WIWnew-99028a0b6d028a3c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s World Immunization Week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Immunization reaches more people than any other health service, connecting families with health care systems, reducing strain on hospitals and ensuring everyone has access to the care they need.<\/p>\n<p>Vaccines work to bring us closer.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fswkk-l-y\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#WorldImmunizationWeek<\/a><br \/>\nVaccines<br \/>\nBRING US CLOSER<br \/>\nto a healthier future for everyone<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fswkk-l-j\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#VaccinesWork<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><strong>WHO preparedness, readiness and response<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>WHO continues to work closely with partners to support Ministry of Health\u2019s (MoH) efforts to respond to the COVID-19\u00a0outbreak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Coordination,\u202fplanning\u202fand monitoring\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>The state of emergency over\u00a0COVID-19 decreed by President Mahmoud Abbas in the\u00a0West Bank continues until 3 May\u00a02021<\/li>\n<li>Local authorities in Gaza have curbed vehicular movements again alongside the tighter restrictions overall, including:<\/li>\n<li>Taking legal action\u00a0against COVID-19 patients disobeying self-isolation orders<\/li>\n<li>Imposing a compulsory quarantine\u00a0in designated facilities\u00a0upon travelers\u00a0entering Gaza\u00a0from India and\u00a0Bangladesh, starting from 27 April.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Surveillance<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>The WHO risk assessment remains high:\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0infections in the Gaza Strip\u00a0account for\u00a0the majority\u00a0of\u00a0all\u00a0cases in the oPt,\u00a0with\u00a0new cases slowly subsiding, but numbers\u00a0are\u00a0still high\u00a0with\u00a0deaths\u00a0in the last week\u00a0at record levels<\/li>\n<li>In the\u00a0West Bank,\u00a0new\u00a0infections\u00a0are also\u00a0declining\u00a0slowly, but hospitals are still\u00a0struggling<\/li>\n<li>The breakdown of active COVID-19 cases across the oPt is as follows:\u00a0Gaza Strip\u00a0(63.9%),\u00a0followed by\u00a0the West Bank governorates of Nablus (14.1%), Tulkarm (5.6%),\u00a0Jenin\u00a0(3.9%),\u00a0Ramallah\u00a0(3.7%),\u00a0Hebron\u00a0(3.2%),\u00a0Qalqilya\u00a0(1.5%)\u00a0and Bethlehem\u00a0and Tubas both\u00a0(0.8%)<\/li>\n<li>The overall Case Fatality Rate (CFR)\u00a0across oPt\u00a0remains at\u00a01.1 %.\u00a0The CFR is the proportion of deaths among identified confirmed\u00a0cases<\/li>\n<li>The PA\u00a0MoH\u00a0says\u00a0that 99% of the COVID-19 virus circulating in Palestine is from the\u00a0B.1.1.7 variant\u00a0(first identified in the UK), which is considered 45% more contagious\u00a0than the original\u00a0virus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Laboratory testing and diagnostics<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>The number of tests conducted in the oPt has decreased by\u00a021% during the reporting period (16\u00a0&#8211;\u00a029\u00a0April), with\u00a029,819\u00a0tests\u00a0conducted<\/li>\n<li>In the Gaza Strip, an average of\u00a02,494\u00a0tests per day have been conducted over the past week (23 &#8211; 29\u00a0April) with a positivity rate of 30%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Isolation and Case Management, Operations Support and Logistics\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0overall occupancy rate of COVID-19 dedicated hospital beds in the\u00a0Gaza Strip is\u00a057%, with 334\u00a0of 587\u00a0beds occupied.\u00a0Currently,\u00a044\u00a0of the\u00a077\u00a0Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds\u00a0(57%) are occupied, with\u00a09\u00a0requiring\u00a0invasive mechanical\u00a0ventilation<\/li>\n<li>The medical response\u00a0situation\u00a0in the West Bank\u00a0remains critical:\u00a0ICU\u00a0bed occupancy\u00a0has risen again to 83% (145\u00a0ICU beds\u00a0occupied,\u00a0with\u00a040\u00a0patients on ventilators).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Maintaining Essential Health Services<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i4.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/35\/5F4\/6DE\/002232\/csfinal\/Screenshot2021-03-19at14.29.00003-c254e2c02a4a6591.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>WHO Conducts Medical Training for Mobile\u00a0Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WHO is holding training sessions in Gaza run by\u00a0NYCMedics, a global disaster relief organisation that deploys mobile medical teams worldwide. 60 medical staff, doctors and nurses from Gaza\u2019s five main emergency departments are participating in a six-week-long online course on Mass Casualty Management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>COVID-19 Vaccination Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i5.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/35\/5F4\/6DE\/002232\/csfinal\/GreenTable-9900000000079e3c.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Latest\u00a0vaccine\u00a0arrivals<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>On 17 April, an additional 72,000 doses of AZ vaccines arrived in the oPt through the COVAX facility: 43,200 doses were delivered to the West Bank on 19 April, while Gaza got 28,800\u00a0doses<\/li>\n<li>PA Health Minister Mai\u00a0Alkaileh\u00a0stated on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fswkk-l-t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voice of Palestine radio<\/a>\u00a0(20 April) that the\u00a0OPt\u00a0has bought 4.5 million doses of the Pfizer and Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines at a cost of $27.5 million.\u00a0Alkaila\u00a0said the vaccines will arrive \u2018soon\u2019<\/li>\n<li>A donation of 20,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine\u00a0from the Russian Federation\u00a0to the PA\u00a0MoH\u00a0is scheduled to\u00a0arrive\u00a0in the oPt\u00a0on\u00a029 April.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Vaccination coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>253,937\u00a0people have been vaccinated in total across the oPt:\u00a0217,441\u00a0in the West Bank, and 36,496\u00a0in Gaza. These figures represent around\u00a05% of the total Palestinian\u00a0population,\u00a0and\u00a08% of those targeted for vaccination, according to the PA\u00a0MoH<\/li>\n<li>Of these numbers, the total who have received their second dose are 164,094 in the oPt\u00a0overall. In the West Bank that number is 138,348;\u00a0and\u00a0in Gaza\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a025,746<\/li>\n<li>Israel completed on 20 April its &#8216;second phase\u2019 of vaccinating\u00a0around\u00a0110,000 Palestinian workers who received their first doses on\u00a07 March (<a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fswkk-l-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COGAT.Arabic\u00a0FB<\/a>).\u00a0These\u00a0numbers are included in the total numbers\u00a0of vaccinated\u00a0stated\u00a0above.<\/li>\n<li>A recent study from Public Health England\u00a0shows that\u00a0the\u00a0UK\u00a0COVID-19\u00a0vaccination\u00a0programme\u00a0has prevented\u00a010,400 deaths\u00a0in those aged 60 and older up to the end of March,\u00a0referring to the use of its three approved vaccines including\u00a0AstraZeneca\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fswkk-l-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout one-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"size-20\" lang=\"x-size-20\"><strong>More local information<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"layout two-col fixed-width stack\">\n<div class=\"layout__inner\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fswkk-l-h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload gnd-corner-image gnd-corner-image-center gnd-corner-image-top\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i6.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/35\/5F4\/6DE\/002232\/csfinal\/dashboardTh-e73075e51d9cb181.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fswkk-l-k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-emb-iscopy=\"true\">WHO COVID-19 Dashboard for oPt<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload gnd-corner-image gnd-corner-image-center gnd-corner-image-top\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/i7.createsend1.com\/ei\/j\/35\/5F4\/6DE\/002232\/csfinal\/Capture-38c80b37eb718578.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"size-14\" lang=\"x-size-14\"><a href=\"https:\/\/who.createsend1.com\/t\/j-l-fswkk-l-u\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-emb-iscopy=\"true\">Gaza COVID-19 weekly epidemiological bulletin<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coronavirus disease 2019\u00a0(COVID-19) Situation Report 74 Issued 29\u00a0April 2021 Highlights 1000 new COVID-19 cases a day in the Gaza Strip &#8211;\u00a0authorities\u00a0impose tighter restrictions\u00a0and\u00a0compulsory quarantine\u00a0in designated facilities for travelers from India\u00a0and\u00a0Bangladesh In the West Bank,\u00a0infections continue to\u00a0decline, but\u00a0hospitals remain\u00a0busy with\u00a083% of ICU beds\u00a0occupied The\u00a0PA\u00a0MoH\u00a0says\u00a0that 99% of the COVID-19 virus circulating in Palestine is from the\u00a0highly contagious\u00a0British <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-who-situation-report-74\/\"> 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