In the last seven days, the five countries reporting the highest number of new cases globally are the United States (827,506), the United Kingdom (541,872), France (362,800), Germany (278,016) and the Russian Federation (195,358). [...] 2 COVID-19 cases and deaths reported by MS and Region in Africa, and the new COVID-19 cases and deaths reported during Epi week 50. [...] Africa CDC held the sixth session of the tenth IPC webinar series titled “Impact of Pandemic on Health and Safety, Physical and Mental Health of HCWs” on 15 December 2021 for 491 participants in English and 16 December 2021 for 134 participants in French. [...] Genomic surveillance9 to monitor the presence of variants, the spread and the continuous evolution of the virus. [...] 6 WHO COVID-19 Case definition 7 Africa CDC Protocol for enhanced surveillance for COVID-19 in Africa: Protocol for Enhanced Severe Acute Respiratory Illness and Influenza-Like Illness Surveillance for COVID-19 in Africa – Africa CDC 8 Revealing the toll of COVID-19: A technical package for AU Member States – Africa CDC 9 Genomic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2: a guide to implementation for maximum impa.
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