The EVD outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIONS continues in the three affected health areas in Beni with no spread to further areas in the past week. [...] Other countries reporting health worker infections are shown in Table Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the African 1. The United Republic of Tanzania (13.0%), Liberia (6.0%), region, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases Algeria (5.8%), Chad (5.7%), and Niger (5.5%) have the highest is 6 096 957, with more than 5.7 million recoveries, yielding a proportion of health work [...] The average cumulative Together with partners, the WHO is working towards vaccinating attack rate (number of cases per million) in the African region 40% of the population in all African countries by the end of 2021. [...] Seychelles (229 869 cases per million Go to overview 4 Go to map of the outbreaks Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment SITUATION INTERPRETATION The weekly distribution of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the WHO African Region by week of reporting, 25 February 2020 – 7 November 2021 New COVID-19 cases and deaths reported in the past week [...] Epidemic curve of confirmed Lassa fever cases in Nigeria, as of 31 October 2021 SITUATION INTERPRETATION The cases of Lassa fever in the country have been generally low since the end of March of this year.
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