UNHCR Ethiopia: COVID-19 and Operational Update (6 May 2021)
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COVID-19 Operational Context
As of 7 May 2021, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 261,580 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 3,840 deaths in the country. A total of 1,287,801 people in priority groups were vaccinated against COVID-19, including 1,218 refugees. According to an update by the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office in Ethiopia, on average 815 positive cases were reported over the last seven days with the average positivity rate standing at 10%. To halt the surge in transmissions, Ethiopia has put in place strict measures focusing on monitoring implementation of preventive measures such as wearing masks and maintaining physical distances, including limiting the number of participants in face-to-face meetings to 50. Ethiopia is currently one of five countries in Africa registering the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases, according to WHO.
UNHCR Ethiopia: COVID-19 and Operational Update (8 May 2021)
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COVID-19 Operational Context
As of 7 May 2021, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 261,580 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 3,840 deaths in the country. A total of 1,287,801 people in priority groups were vaccinated against COVID-19, including 1,218 refugees. According to an update by the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office in Ethiopia, on average 815 positive cases were reported over the last seven days with the average positivity rate standing at 10%. To halt the surge in transmissions, Ethiopia has put in place strict measures focusing on monitoring implementation of preventive measures such as wearing masks and maintaining physical distances, including limiting the number of participants in face-to-face meetings to 50. Ethiopia is currently one of five countries in Africa registering the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases, according to WHO.
Armenia: Operational Update, 1 January – 31 March 2021
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UNHCR, with the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office and the Government of Armenia, continues to co-coordinate the response to the needs of the refugee-like population from Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) and host communities.
An Inter-Agency Response Plan to address those needs was launched on 22 January. The Government of Japan extended an Emergency Grant of USD 3.6 million to UN Armenia, of which USD 2 million were allocated to UNHCR.
UNHCR continues strengthening the asylum procedure and reception conditions. The Migration Service and UNHCR issued good practices to adjust asylum procedures to the COVID19 situation.
Operational Context
On 27 September 2020, clashes broke out along the line of contact and expanded to other areas in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, until a ceasefire statement was signed on 9 November. The conflict resulted in civilian casualties, destroyed infrastructure and some 90,000 people displaced from Nago
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