Weekly Bulletin on Outbreak and other Emergencies: Week 40: 27 September - 03 October 2021

Countries still need to double their efforts to reach the year-end target of fully vaccinating 40% of the population Cholera is endemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the most often affected regions (North Kivu, South Kivu, Tanganyika, Haut Katanga and Haut Lomami) are in the Eastern part of the country and along the great lakes. [...] Suspected cases of cholera and associated deaths have been reported since the beginning of 2021 in 73 health districts across the 26 regions of the country. [...] Democratic Republic of the Congo is also affected by a complex humanitarian crisis with the presence of thousands of internally displaced persons mainly in the Eastern part of the country, living in overcrowded host families or camps, which is a favorable condition for the spread of cholera. [...] The total number of Twelve countries in the African region have reached the 10% deaths reported is now at 146 434, accounting for a case fatality target of their population vaccinated by the end of September ratio (CFR) of 2.5%. [...] At the The weekly distribution of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the WHO same time, weekly COVID-19 deaths in the region decreased African Region by week of reporting, 25 February 2020 – 3 October 2021 in the past week, with South Africa accounting for more than (n = 5 977 536) half of all fatalities.