Emergencies POLIO Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) Polio this week as of 13 April 2021 :: Dr Hamid Jafari, Director of Polio Eradication for WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region, declared Somalia’s outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) closed a full 28 months after this strain of polio was last detected in Somalia. Read more… Summary of new WPV and cVDPV viruses this week (AFP cases and ES positives): :: Afghanistan: four cVDPV2 cases :: Pakistan: one WPV1 positive environmental sample :: Burkina Faso: one cVDPV2 case :: Congo: one cVDPV2 case :: Côte d’Ivoire: one cVDPV2 case :: Democratic Republic of the Congo: one cVDPV2 case :: Guinea: five cVDPV2 cases :: Liberia: one cVDPV2 positive environmental sample :: Mali: two cVDPV2 cases :: Senegal: one cVDPV2 case :: Sierra Leone: two cVDPV2 cases :: Yemen: three cVDPV1 cases :::::: :::::: WHO/OCHA Emergencies Editor’s Note: Continuing with this edition, we include information about the last apparent update evident on the WHO emergency country webpages, recognizing almost universal and significant interims since last update regardless of the level of the emergency listed. WHO Grade 3 Emergencies [to 17 Apr 2021] Democratic Republic of the Congo – No new digest announcements [Last apparent update: 12 Jan 2021] Mozambique floods – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 3 November 2020] Nigeria – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 29 Jun 2020] Somalia – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 17 July 2020] South Sudan – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 4 February 2020] Syrian Arab Republic – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 24 October 2020] Yemen – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 30 June 2020] :::::: WHO Grade 2 Emergencies [to 17 Apr 2021] Iraq :: WHO confirms the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and urges Iraqis to register and vaccinate to help defeat the pandemic Baghdad – 11 April 2021. The World Health Organization (WHO) in Iraq refutes the fabricated statement recently circulated in an unofficial social media platform to undermine the citizens’ confidence in the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines… Niger :: Le Niger a reçu 355 000 doses du vaccins Aztra Zeneca contre la COVID-19 expédiés par le mécanisme COVAX 16 avril 2021 Afghanistan – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 5 July 2020] Angola – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 16 March 2021] Burkina Faso – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 01 avril 2021] Burundi – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 04 July 2019] Cameroon – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 22 August 2019] Central African Republic – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 12 June 2018] Ethiopia – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 22 August 2019] Iran floods 2019 – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 2 March 2020] Libya – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 7 October 2019] Malawi – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 07 April 2021] Measles in Europe – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 16-12-2020] MERS-CoV – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 8 July 2019] Mozambique – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 03 November 2020] Myanmar – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: ²9 March 2021] occupied Palestinian territory – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 4 September 2019] HIV in Pakistan – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 27 August 2019] Sao Tome and Principe Necrotizing Cellulitis (2017) – No new digest announcements Sudan – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 24 June 2020] Ukraine – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 1 May 2019] Zimbabwe – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 10 May 2019] :::::: WHO Grade 1 Emergencies [to 17 Apr 2021] Chad – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 30 June 2018] Djibouti – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 25 novembre 2020] Kenya – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 06 March 2021] Mali – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 3 May 2017] Namibia – viral hepatitis – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 20 July 2018] Tanzania – No new digest announcements identified [Last apparent update: 21 October 2020] :::::: :::::: UN OCHA – Current Emergencies COVID-19 – No new unique digest announcements identified :::::: ::::::