However, it is on the other side of the country to the Ebola outbreak that WHO and partners have been fighting for almost 2 years in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, in eastern DRC.
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More than 100 000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported to WHO for each of the past 5 days.
For several weeks, the number of cases reported each day in the Americas has been more than the rest of the world put together.
Just in the past week, WHO has released a new case report form for suspected cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children;
Operational guidance on maintaining essential health services;
Guidance on controlling the spread of COVID-19 at ground crossings;
Planning recommendations for mass gatherings;
A protocol for surveillance of infections among health workers;
Ethical considerations for the use of digital technologies in tracking COVID-19;
And updated guidelines on the clinical management of patients with COVID-19.
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As you know, last week the Executive Group of the Solidarity Trial decided to implement a temporary pause of the hydroxychloroquine arm of the trial, because of concerns raised about the safety of the drug.
