Cameroon: COVID 19 Emergency Situation Report No. 14 - January 2021
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• COVID-19 pandemic persists in Cameroon with 3,340 new cases and 14 deaths recorded by the Ministry of Health from 1 to 31 January. Cameroon is the sixteenth African country in relation to the number of infections.
• Eight of the ten United Nations Volunteers (UNVs) deployed by OCHA for the COVID-19 response already completed their six months contracts. The other two will end in the next couple of months. Despite the progression of the epidemic it will not be possible to extend these contracts due to lack of resources.
• African Nations Championship (CHAN 2021) began on 16 January, despite the second wave of COVID-19 in the African continent and the prominence of a more contagious strain of the virus.
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1. Madame President, members of the Executive Board, colleagues, and friends. It is my great pleasure to join you today for this first regular session of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board for 2021.
2. Allow me to begin by congratulating Her Excellency Ms. Lachezara Stoeva, the Permanent Representative of Bulgaria, on her election as the President of the Board, and welcoming our new Bureau members for 2021.
3. I would like to express my gratitude to the outgoing Bureau members. In particular, I want to offer my heartfelt thanks to the outgoing President, His Excellency Mr. Walton Webson, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda, for his unwavering leadership and guidance.
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