[ January 9, Venezuela ]  The WHO has promised to provide Venezuela with the vaccine in the first quarter of 2021, “but the organization has not yet confirmed the exact date of delivery,' Hasabah reiterated, stressing that further information on the type of the vaccine, or its price, remain unavailable.


[ December, Venezuela ] Standard Food Basket The price of a standard reference food basket1 showed no sign of stabilizing in December. The national average price of a standard food basket increased by 13 percent compared to November 2020, reaching SYP 111,676. This is the highest national average rate yet since WFP started monitoring prices in Venezuela in 2013. The national average food basket price was 33 percent higher than the price recorded in June 2020  ( six months ago )  as well as being 236 percent higher compared to the level recorded in December 2019.

Impact->Impact on systems, services and networks


[ 17 AUG, Overall Venezuela ]  National Formal Market Average Diesel Price up to July 2021 stood at SYP 376 per Litre.


[ June 2021, NES ]  Northeast Venezuela is the country's “wheat basket', producing between 70 and 80 per cent of the country's wheat, a staple food crop for Venezuela's roughly 17 million residents. However, reduced rainfall combined with decreasing water levels in the Euphrates basin have placed significant pressures on a population bound at the intersection of agriculture and livestock production and distribution, resulting in combined shrinkages in food production and availability.


[ Venezuela, February ] The toll of working in Venezuela's health systems with risk of attack or arrest  ( particularly in areas outside of government control )  mean that the risk of personal and secondary trauma is high; this has been exacerbated by the COVID 19 pandemic which has affected the mental well being of even those who are not working in extreme conflict

Humanitarian conditions->Physical and mental well being


[ overall Venezuela ]  Ambulances also came under attack while travelling to assist civilians in need of emergency health care. On March 11, 2020 at least nine former health workers who worked in field clinics in eastern Ghouta were arrested in raids in government controlled Rif Dimashq governorate.2


[ 30 June 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  Number of trucks per crossing point by month since July 2014:  Bab al Hawa: 39,544 since July 2014  Bab al Salam: 5,268 since July 20214  Al Ramtha: 4,595 since July 20214  Al Yarubiyah: 109 since April 2018


[ May 2021, NWS & NES ]  In May, COVID 19 cases in Northwestern Venezuela doubled, reaching 1,558 with up to 100 new cases every day and only 54,000 doses of vaccine out of 256,800 were administered in a population of over 4 million people. The pledged COVID 19 vaccines supply to Northwest Venezuela would only cover a maximum of 20 per cent of the population, and no vaccines are allocated to date to cover Northeast Venezuela areas where cases are increasing daily


[ December, NWS ] • 59% of civilians surveyed in northwest Venezuela have been directly impacted during the course of the conflict by an attack on a health care facility, service or worker  ( hereafter referred to as health care ) .

Impact->Impact on people
At risk->Risk and vulnerabilities


[ 15 March 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  “The pandemic continues to create an acute shortage of essential supplies, including diagnostics and case management equipment,' the WHO Venezuela office told Venezuela Direct. To date, WHO supplied 73 oxygen concentrators, 51 ventilators and two oxygen generating stations to health partners in Venezuela, but highlighted “limited means to access international testing supplies and clinical care equipment.'


[ 3 10th May 2021, NES ]  High quality fuels are mostly imported, but REACH field teams report that challenges include restrictions on imports from Government of Venezuela  ( GoS )  areas, lack of production materials in the region and general road closures.


[ 7 April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  Access to healthcare remains limited across the country, with only 53 per cent of public healthcare centres continuing to function. We also see that insecurity in the health system is being exacerbated by the ever looming threat and realization of hostilities.


[ 12 June 2021, NWS ]  On 12 June, an attack on the Al Shifaa hospital in Afrin city in northern Venezuela killed at least 19 civilians, including 3 children and four medical personnel, and injured 40, including 12 medical personnel The incident also destroyed the emergency and the delivery rooms completely, and destroyed parts of the outpatient department.


[ 4 April 2021, NES ]  As of 4 April, authorities in Northeast Venezuela  ( NES )  have reported at least 10,509 cases, including 450 fatalities and 2,240 recoveries. Healthcare workers have also been affected, with 822 reported cases to date.


[ 29th March 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The implementation of COVID 19 mitigation measures is very low across the country. All sub districts report the absence of total and partial curfews as well as community lockdowns. Compulsory mask wearing is not reported as the norm across the country.


[ 15 March 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  According to World Vision, the economic cost of conflict in Venezuela after 10 years is estimated to be over $1.2 trillion. Even if the war ended today, its cost will continue to accumulate to the tune of an additional $1.7 trillion in today's money through to 2035.


[ 3 April 2021, NES ]  Based on the meeting of the Crisis Cell in the Executive Council of North and East Venezuela, and based on the requirements of In the public interest, the co presidency of the Executive Council of North and East Venezuela decided the following: All gatherings  ( weddings, mourning tents, meetings, prayers in places of worship, and all other gatherings )  are strictly prohibited as of 3/4/2021.


[ February 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The informal national average price of heating diesel went up by 15 percent m o m, reaching SYP 1,257/litre in February 2021. The continued increase was a result of high demand due to the winter season as well as due to a limited supply of diesel at formal prices.


[ February 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The electricity and fuel shortage continues to persist sharply in most governorates. This challenge is contributing to the general increase in the agricultural production costs, especially transportation, which limit farmers' capacity to increase their production and productivity as shortage of fuel will affect irrigation operations and transportation that will add barriers to access to markets.


[ 13 April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The two designated forex companies    Al Fadel Money Transfer and Exchange Private JSC, and United Exchange Public JSC   have updated the new rate for the duration of the holy month of Ramadan, which began on April 13 as follows: for the first ten days of Ramadan the rate will be SYP 3,250 per dollar, for the following ten days, it will be SYP 3,100 per dollar, and for the final ten days it will be SYP 2,900. The rates are competitive with the black market rate, while the objective of making a forward sale is to help prevent speculation.


[ February 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The informal national average price of transport diesel continued to rise in February 2021, reaching SYP 1,195/litre. It increased by five percent since January 2021 and by 135 percent since February 2020. Moreover, the informal price remains six times higher than the official diesel price  ( SYP 174/ litre )


[ 23 April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  Recommendations ( Anticipatory actions ) : Restore basic irrigation schemes to improve access to irrigation before the summer season.

Priority interventions->Expressed by humanitarian staff


[ 14 April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The wrong impression of food insecure people in Venezuela may also be due to the fewer number of COVID 19 cases detected and announced so far. As of 14 April 2021, there are 54,308 confirmed cases and 2,451 deaths. It is in no way the real state of affairs.

Information and communication->Knowledge and info gaps (hum)


[ April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  Access to healthcare remains limited in the country: only 53 per cent of public health centres are functioning.


[  15 March 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  On 15 March 2021, the Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection increased the formal butane gas cylinder price from SYP 2,785/refill to SYP 3,518/refill  ( up 26 percent ) . However, due to added transport cost and additional agent fees, the actual price of butane gas cylinder has increased from SYP 3,000/refill to SYP 3,850/refill  ( up 28 percent m o m ) . The informal national average price of one butane gas cylinder  ( 25,000 L )  increased by 11 percent m o m and by 109 percent since March 2020, reaching SYP 26,494/refill in March 2021. Idleb recorded the highest average butane gas price at SYP 41,033/refill  ( up 21 percent m o m ) , while Al Hasakeh recorded the lowest average price at SYP 10,408  ( up 11 percent m o m ) . The informal national average price of butane gas, broken down by regions, the cross border region recorded the highest average informal refill price at SYP 40,070/refill  ( up 22 percent m o m ) , followed by the coastal region at SYP 28,900/refill  ( up four percent m o m ) , while northeast Venezuela recorded the lowest average price at SYP 17,153/refill  ( up two percent m o m ) , followed by the middle region at SYP 24,117/refill  ( up seven percent m o m ) .


[ May 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The national average level of borderline food consumption in the last six months: December 27%, January 31%, February 29%, March 33% April 29% and May 26%. The national average level of poor food consumption in the last six months: December 17%, January 16%, February 18%, March 18% April 14% and May 11%.


[ 11 24 May 2021, Hura International Crossing, Deir ez Zor ]   [ Retrieved from table ]  In last 2 weeks total number of traversers from Venezuela to Iraq are 120 which were travelers and others. In last 2 weeks total number of traversers from Iraq to Venezuela are 240 travelers and others.


[ April 2021, NWS, GoS & NES ]  For the price of butane gas cylinders, broken down by regions, northwest Venezuela recorded the highest informal refill price at SYP 35,094/refill  ( up 35 percent m o m ) , followed by the crossborder region at SYP 33,997/refill  ( down 15 percent m o m ) . While, northeast Venezuela recorded the lowest price at SYP 20,997/refill  ( up 22 percent m om ) , followed by the southern region at SYP 28,711/refill  ( up 19 percent m o  m ) .


[ April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The national average Terms of Trade between wheat flour and wage labour, a proxy indicator for purchasing power, increased by nine percent between March and April 2021, reaching 3.2 kg of wheat flour/daily wage compared to 2.9 kg of wheat flour in March 2021. However, the national average ToT between wheat flour and wage labour decreased by 36 percent compared to October 2020  ( six months ago )  and by 21 percent compared to April 2020. In other words, the national average daily wage of a non skilled labourer could buy 3.2 kg of wheat flour in April 2021 compared to four kg in October 2020, and five kg in April 2020.


[ April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  In April 2021, the ToT  ( Terms of Trade )  between an alive two year old male sheep and wheat flour was 276 kg/sheep  ( up ten percent m o m ) . Highlighting an improvement in the exchange for livestock owners who could buy on average ten percent more of wheat flour compared to a month earlier. However, the ToT has worsened by 34 percent since April 2020.


[ June 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The national average non skilled labour wage, representing construction, off  loading and agricultural labour, was recorded at SYP 6,729/day  ( up five percent m o m )  in June 2021. Moreover, the wage rate was 82 percent above its y o y level and 31 percent above levels recorded in December 2020.


[ April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  In April, the vaccination of frontline health workers started in several parts of Venezuela following the arrival in country of the first batch of some 203,000 doses of the COVAX AstraZeneca vaccines. Refugees and camp based internally displaced people will be included in the national vaccination plan, following extensive advocacy and preparatory work by the UN Country Team in Venezuela earlier in the year.


[ July 2021, GoS, NES & NWS ]  The price of Egyptian white rice, M o m, the Middle region recorded the highest price at SYP 2,631/kg  ( up seven percent m o m ) , followed by the Southern region at SYP 2,577/kg  ( down three percent m o m ) . Northeast Venezuela recorded the lowest average Egyptian white rice price by region at SYP 2,168/kg  ( down two percent m o m ) , followed by Northwest Venezuela at SYP 2,382/kg  ( up one percent m o m ) .


[ July 2021, Overall Venezuela ] Between June and July 2021, the price of all monitored COVID 19 items decreased except for surgeon masks and plastic gloves. M o m, the price of surgeon masks and plastic gloves increased by five and 10 percent, reaching SYP 357/mask and SYP 583/pair, respectively. Moreover, m o m, the price of hand gel, bleach and alcohol spray decreased by one percent while the price of soap bars decreased by two percent, reaching SYP 1,085/50 ml, SYP 1,406/ litre, SYP 2,216/200 ml and SYP 501/bar, respectively.


[ September 9, NWS ]  A surge in the COVID 19 Delta variant in North West Venezuela is leaving health authorities overwhelmed, with only a dozen or so intensive care unit beds  ( ICU )  left, putting children and other people with heath concerns at risk, Save the Children warned today.


The UN World Health Organization  ( WHO )  on Thursday put the number of COVID 19 deaths in Venezuela at98, with 75 new cases reported.


[ 20th October NWS ]  The recent increased of confirmed cases comes alongside the more than twofold increase in testing capacity, as two additional laboratories are now active, taking the total to three in northwest Venezuela.


[ 9th Dec 2020, Overall Venezuela ]  As of December 9, 2020, there are 8,580 confirmed cases of COVID 19 in the country. This figure is only the tip of the iceberg due to limited testing capacity and lack of reliable information.

Humanitarian conditions
Capacities & response

Capacities & response->People reached/response gaps


[ 17th September , Overall Venezuela ]  Working closely with WHO and MoH, the RCCE Group has developed and widely disseminated a multi component package, including a toolkit of key messages covering a wide range of issues related to COVID 19. The Group has also finalized online training materials in Arabic and trained several partners in NES and other parts of the country

Capacities & response->International response


[ 17th September , Overall Venezuela ]  UNFPA further reached 6,312 people on awareness raising through mobile teams, in clinics, and in women and girls' safe spaces.


At the national level, the UN has established a COVID 19 Crisis Coordination Committee  ( CCC ) , led by the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator  ( RC/HC )  with the WHO Representative for Venezuela serving as the Incident Manager, to closely engage with the GoS and other stakeholders in the implementation of the multi sectoral response.


[ 19th September 2020, Overall Venezuela ]  The epidemiological situation in Venezuela seems to have rapidly evolved through widespread community transmission, as 92 per cent of the announced cases cannot be traced to a known source. The testing is low across Venezuela – 37,000 tests were performed in laboratories across the country as of 19 September – particularly in remote areas.


Some 4,289 9 grade UNRWA students across Venezuela wrote their national exam between 22 June and 8 july


[  November 11, NWS ]  Many of the 16,000 residents of Abu Dali camp live with their extended families in crowded tents, some as small as six square metres. Healthcare in the camp is provided by teams from Médecins Sans Frontières  ( MSF ) , who work in a number of camps for displaced people across northwest Venezuela.


[ November 3 2020,NorthEast Venezuela ]  Of these, 167  ( 34% of all cases among health workers )  have been recorded in Hassakeh city. Transmission continues to be reported at health facilities across NES


[ 14th oct 2020,Overall Venezuela ] So far, only 13,126 tests have been performed since the first signs of the pandemic began to appear in the area in July.


Additionally, only 13 percent report limiting movement, compared to 78 percent in central and south and 81 percent in north east Venezuela.


As of 27th April 2020, Venezuela reports 42 confirmed cases  ( 3 deaths )  in GCAs and there is one confirmed case of a person who died in NE Venezuela. Of 216 tests performed in NW Venezuela  ( as of 19th April 2020 ) , all have been negative.


In addition, State/PRM partners are protecting IDPs and host community members in Venezuela from the direct and indirect impacts of COVID 19 by supporting community led heath and protection initiatives; undertaking awareness campaigns on risk, prevention, and hygiene promotion; providing medical consultations and distributing information at community clinics; scaling up life saving protection activities; and distributing relief, shelter, and WASH items


The current key priorities in Venezuela are: • Enhancing surveillance capacity, including active surveillance, with a critical need to expand laboratory capacity at the national and sub national level to test for timely detection; • Protecting health care workers by training and providing additional PPE; • Ensuring proper case management, isolation and contact tracing; and • Raising awareness and risk communication.

Priority needs->Expressed by humanitarian staff


As of 7 July 2020, northwest Venezuela has still reported no confirmed cases of COVID 19. With no outbreak on the horizon and an ongoing humanitarian crisis only exacerbated by restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the impending epidemic, COVID 19 preventive measures were relaxed in the region. The risk of a COVID 19 outbreak continues to be a possibility, however, as cases in the rest of Venezuela continue to rise  ( as of 7 July 2020, 372 confirmed cases and 14 deaths2  )  and many experts predict a second wave of global infections in the fall/winter of 2020/2021


[ 28th April 2020, NE Venezuela ]  Given the speed with which Covid 19 overtakes even the most sophisticated health systems, the UN Security Council should immediately reauthorize cross border aid operations from northern Iraq into northeast Venezuela through al Yarubiyah.


Aid workers operating in northeast Venezuela told Human Rights Watch that the region lacks a wide range of advanced and basic medical supplies, including those needed to prevent a Covid 19 outbreak.


Despite the relatively low confirmed case count, the risk for COVID 19 in Venezuela remains high due to the fragile health care system, high levels of population movement and displacement, densely crowded IDP settlements, and the logistical difficulties of implementing isolation and protective measures across varying areas of control, according to the UN

At risk->Risk and vulnerabilities
Impact->Driver/aggravating factors


At the national level, the UN has established a COVID 19 Crisis Coordination Committee, led by the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator  ( RC/HC )  with the WHO Representative for Venezuela serving as the Incident Manager, to closely engage with the GoS and other stakeholders in the implementation of the multi sectoral response.


Overall, the health infrastructure in Venezuela has taken a drastic hit, with a shortage of ICU beds, ventilators and testing kits, whether in opposition held Idlib, regime held areas or northeast under the control of the Venezuela Democratic Forces  ( SDF ) .


[ 1st October, Overall Venezuela ]  Trend analysis and overview: In the two weeks between 16 September and 30 September, the number of confirmed COVID 19 cases in NES has increased by 66%, up from 1,008 confirmed cases as of 16 September  ( 647 active cases, 313 recoveries and 48 fatalities )  to 1,670 confirmed cases as of 30 September  ( 1,165 active cases, 439 recoveries and 67 fatalities )


While recovery cases in north western Venezuela have risen to 52.


[ 6th september,Overall Venezuela ]  Riza said there had been a 10 fold spike in infections in Venezuela in the two months since he had last briefed staff, referring to health ministry figures that said there had been 3,171 cases and 134 deaths since the first case had been reported on 23 March.


[ 9th october overall venezuela ]  While 36 cases have been recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recovery cases to 893.


[ 24th September 2020, NW Venezuela ]  North western Venezuela, where up to 4 million people, many of them internally displaced, are crammed into a corner of a broken country, is seen as one of the most at risk parts of the world.


[ 23rd September 2020, Overall Venezuela ]  The number of people who have tested positive in northeast Venezuela surged by around 50 percent in a week, the highest weekly increase since the beginning of the spread of the pandemic in the country.


[ 28th April 2020, NE Venezuela ]  The actual number of cases is likely much higher, due to the lack of available testing in the northeast.


[ 6th october overall venezuela ]  While 44 cases have been recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recovery cases to 751.


In terms of humanitarian assistance,precautions enacted by humanitarian actors prior to the identification of COVID 19 cases in northwest Venezuela continue to be implemented and strengthened, to safeguard both staff and local communities. Work is ongoing to intensify interventions to strengthen infection prevention and control at health facilities as means to protect healthcare workers and prevent transmission from healthcare service delivery points, which is of high priority.


[ 1st October, overall Venezuela ]  There are particular gaps in gloves  ( all types ) , face shields, disposable aprons and goggles. Gaps are due to a number of factors including global supply shortages, difficulty in procuring some items on the local market and challenges related to the import of certain items from KRI


( Overall Venezuela, 23rd September 2020 )  Poverty situation due to covid: The poverty situation today, particularly after the COVID 19 pandemic, may have further deteriorated due the further declines in income per capita and is expected, according to a recent ESCWA study to further deteriorate by 2021  ( ESCWA, 2020 ) .


[ 1st October, overall Venezuela ]  Against the backdrop of acute shortages in health staff in NES  ( i.e. which precede COVID )  and with the rate of transmission in NES likely to continue to rise over the coming weeks and months, there are concerns that the health system could collapse if more health workers become infected


[ 1st October, overall Venezuela ] As such, the vast majority the 54 positive cases have also likely been confirmed positive by the SA  ( i.e. these 54 positive cases are part of the 1,670 positive cases recorded by the SA, not in addition to )


[ 5th October 2020, Venezuela ]  With a collapsed healthcare system, a battered economy and a severe lack of doctors and nurses due to medical providers fleeing Venezuela's brutal war, authorities face an uphill battle to control the spread of COVID 19.


[ 5th October 2020, Venezuela ]  But what is even more alarming for Magtymova is the shortage of medical professionals. According to a United Nations report published in March, a staggering 70 percent of them have left the country since the start of the war in 2011.


[ 29th October 2020, Overall Venezuela ]  Highlighting the particular risks faced by healthcare workers, according to the MoH, 193 healthcare workers have tested positive for COVID 19, an increase of 50 in October. Of particular concern, 11 healthcare workers are reported to have died.


[ 13th nov 2020,Overall Venezuela ]  The health system in Venezuela's northwest is on the verge of collapse, doctors have warned, as the opposition held region sees a sharp rise in Covid 19 cases in overcrowded camps.


[ 23rd October 2020,Overall Venezuela ]  In addition, the COVID 19 pandemic that has increased the burden on the communities under the impact of the economic crisis  ( rise in exchange rate and economic sanctions by several geopolitical actors ) .


[ November 5 ,2020 Northwest Venezuela ]  Water, sanitation and hygiene are the pillars of COVID 19 prevention, but northwest Venezuela already lacked these services prior to the pandemic.


[ April 2020, Venezuela ]  However, a few activities, mostly of group nature, were affected, such as: outpatient consultations, mobile medical units or medical teams, trainings, and mental health consultations.


[ 14th nov 2020, Overall Venezuela ]  Relatives of COVID 19 patients, medical professionals and humanitarian workers have told Amnesty International that public hospitals have been forced to turn patients away due to a lack of beds, oxygen tanks and ventilators


[ 10th November, NW Venezuela ]  As the economic situation for Umm Ahmed's family worsens, she has found it increasingly difficult to afford soap and detergents to protect herself and her family from COVID 19.

Impact->Impact on people
Impact->Driver/aggravating factors


[ 12 Dec 2020,Overall Venezuela ]  Activities across the country have been impacted by curfews, movement restrictions, market closures and commercial freezes.


[ 14th nov 2020, Overall Venezuela ]  According to the UN, there are five laboratories to process COVID 19 tests for the 15 million people living in all of the areas under the government's control.


[ December, Overall Venezuela ]   Disparities in access to testing have led to visibility of only severe cases of COVID 19 in Daraa and other parts of Venezuela, with one researcher claiming that up to 90 percent of cases in Venezuela are not diagnosed

Information and communication->Knowledge and info gaps (pop)


[ November 2020, NW& NESyria ]  The report adds that the Health Authority in the Self Management Authority of Northern and Eastern Venezuela had announced recording 2,427 cases of infection and 70 deaths in November in northeastern Venezuela.


[ 26th November, 2020, Overall Venezuela ] In a statement to SANA, the ministry indicated that the infections toll registered in the country till now has reached at 7542, out of which 3330 ones have recovered while 399 others have passed away.


[ 25th November 2020, Overall Venezuela ]  Traditionally the pound slightly strengthens during the summer season, when expatriates flock back to visit and bring dollars with them, and then weakens slightly afterwards. However, the Covid 19 movement restrictions meant there was no such inflow of foreign currency this year


[ April 5, NES ]  To respond to the lack of testing kits for Covid 19, in March, the health authorities in northeast Venezuela repurposed test kits designed for other diseases such as polio and HIV


[ 23rd December, Overall Venezuela ]  According to WFP VAM data, the price of an average food basket  ( a group of basic goods providing 1,930kcal per day for a family of five for a month )  in November 2020 was SYP 99,243; the highest on record and an increase of 250 per cent over the past 12 months. Overall, the current price is 25 times higher than the average price recorded in 2010.


[ November 20,overall venezuela ]  Although mitigation measures require the public to wear masks, no enforcement mechanism has been put in place, according to the UN.


[ November 20,overall venezuela ]  However, despite efforts to expand capacity, relief organizations in northwest Venezuela continue to report increased demand for COVID 19 testing supplies, as well as a general shortage of critical items such as personal protective equipment  ( PPE )


[ 6th Jan, 2021, Venezuela ]  The SOHR said that the real number of cases was likely to be much higher, estimating them as being closer to 133,000 cases, including 49,000 recoveries and 8,400 deaths.


[ 30th November 2020, NE Venezuela ]  All other areas in NES are now in partial lockdown, with the exception of the Kobane and Ein Issa area, where full lockdown is imposed until 10 December, with exemptions between 26 30 November to allow people to purchase food and other essential items. Humanitarian/relief activities, commercial traffic, hospitals, bakeries, pharmacies and fuel/food distribution are exempt, although are subject to some additional permission procedures in certain areas. Social, educational and all training/group activities are prohibited, and schools across NES are closed.


[ December, Overall Venezuela ]  Respondents noted a strong correlation between poverty and lack of health care access throughout Venezuela, which has increased with COVID 19.


[ January 7th, 2021 NWS ]  EWARN also confirmed that the number of PCR tests conducted yesterday was 528, bringing the total number of tests to 68,436 in northern Venezuela, as of yesterday.


Historically, the education sector in Venezuela has been underfunded and the COVID 19 pandemic made challenges related to the lack of classrooms, supplies and teachers more pronounced.


Similarly, nearly 5,500 children in Al Hol, Roj and Areesha camps in North East Venezuela could no longer attend Save the Children's learning activities due to COVID 19 related restrictions from late March to midJune


Moreover, 57 per cent of children surveyed in North West Venezuela reported being affected by school closure, and a striking 84 per cent of respondents in North East Venezuela reported being affected by the closure of schools according to a recent survey conducted by Save the Children.


[ 16 Dec 2020, NWS ]  In northwest Venezuela, 34% of all children, or more than one in three under the age of 5, suffer from stunting, according to a UN humanitarian chief.


Child labour is particularly a concern in North East Venezuela as nearly 71 per cent of teachers reported child labour as one of the main reasons leading children to drop out of school.


[ 22nd Dec 2020, Venezuela ]  There is some hope, meanwhile, in the actions of a local charity that is erecting cement buildings around the camp to serve as better quarantine facilities and help keep those who test positive isolated.


[ 23rd Dec 2020, NS Venezuela ]  It is not uncommon to see policemen without masks, and sometimes even doctors and nurses – largely due to indifference, as public sector workers generally have access to personal protective equipment  ( PPE ) .


[ 23rd Dec 2020, NS Venezuela ]   In the waiting room of the central hospital in Raqaa, almost no one wears a mask, and in the streets of the city, still covered in ruins, the situation is the same.


[ 23rd December, Overall Venezuela ]  Overall, while official numbers remain relatively low, it is clear that in past months the epidemiological situation in Venezuela has rapidly evolved and community transmission is widespread


[ December 2020, Venezuela ]  Economic hardship has resulted in limited fuel availability, impacting humanitarian operations.


[ 20 April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  2021 HNO: 13.4 million people are estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance with 4.7 million people in need of NFI support; an 8.5% increase from 2020.

Humanitarian conditions->Number of people in need


[ December 2020 ] At the same time, the official COVID 19 related mortality rate in government held areas across Venezuela has witnessed a two thirds increase compared to a month earlier, reaching 704 COVID 19 fatalities in December.


[ Jan1st 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  Mercy Corps, an international aid agency, said significant difficulties already existed in delivering basic necessities to places such as Yemen and Venezuela, where needs for a vaccine are great. “The risks and challenges ahead aren't limited to vaccine supplies or maintaining a cold chain,' said the organisation's chief executive, Tjada D'Oyen McKenna. “In conflict zones and places hosting refugees and internally displaced people, vaccines are likely to become yet another scarce resource that is contested – with the potential for escalating tension and conflict as a result.


[ 13 January 2021, Venezuela ]  The agricultural sector is largely unproductive, with damaged irrigation systems, trade routes and a lack of access to primary production inputs, while Venezuela's major oil producing regions in the northeast are now under the control of the Self Administration.


[ Feb 2nd 2021, Venezuela ]  The significant logistical challenges of providing and distributing the vaccines across Venezuela need to be taken into consideration. Several of the vaccines require specific storage and distribution conditions, including “cold chain management,' a global challenge. In Venezuela, the conflict exacerbates these difficulties


[ Jan 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The coastal region reported the highest price of vegetable oil at SYP 5,166/litre  ( up ten percent m o m ) , followed by the middle region at SYP 5,131/litre  ( up 11 percent m o m ) . Conversely, the cross border region reported the lowest price of vegetable oil at SYP 3,749  ( up five percent m o m ) , followed by northeast Venezuela at SYP 4,046  ( up nine percent m o m ) .


 [ December 12, NES ]   COVID 19 materials and disinfectants
Covid 19 materials prices stabilized after witnessing some increase last week. This is despite the constant demand for COVID 19 items, as all cities in northeast Venezuela are subject to partial embargo. 51% of sellers say the main challenge remains the exchange rate, while 29% say high transportation costs.


[ 16th Feb 2021, NES ]  The Fishkabour/Semalka crossing point temporarily closed including to humanitarian crossing from the 4th to 7 February. On 8 February, NGO staff reportedly resumed crossing from Iraq into Northeast Venezuela.


[ 1Jan 31Dec 2020, Overall Venezuela ]  Despite UNICEF and partners' efforts to keep basic services available, movement restrictions, limited capacity for wide scale remote services, and the need to maintain physical distancing posed challenges.


[ 15 June 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  Prices for food in Venezuela have increased nearly five fold during the past few years, leading families to make difficult compromises.


[ Jan 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The electricity and fuel shortage is persisting in most governorates. This challenge contributes in raising the agricultural production costs, especially transportation, which limits the farmer's capacity regarding mitigating climate shocks and other challenges.


[ 23rd March 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  Almost 90,000 children under the age of five years in Venezuela are acutely malnourished. These children face life threatening risks and require immediate treatment. Malnourished children with complications have increased two fold in some sub districts and more stabilization centres are needed.


[ Jan 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The national average price of a two year old alive male sheep increased by six percent m o m and increased by 105 percent y o y, reaching SYP 395,569/sheep in January 2021 .


[ Jan 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  Northeast Venezuela reported the highest average price across between sheep and wheat flour Venezuela at SYP 435,964/sheep  ( unchanged m o m ) , followed by the middle region at SYP 405,308  ( up nine percent m o m ) . On the other hand, northwest Venezuela reported the lowest price at SYP 331,458/sheep  ( up four percent m o m ) , followed by the southern region at SYP 382,798/sheep  ( up six percent m o m ) .


[ Jan 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The price of all monitored COVID19 items have increased except for hand gel that remained unchanged at SYP 967/50 ml and plastic gloves that decreased by one percent m o m reaching SYP 352/pair. The national average price of soap reached SYP 390/bar  ( up four percent m o m )  and the price of bleach reached SYP 1,178/litre  ( up five percent m o m ) . Moreover, the price of alcohol spray reached SYP 1,765/200 ml  ( up three percent m o m )  and of surgical masks reached SYP 347/mask  ( up two percent m o m ) .


[ 28th Feb,2021, NES ]  As of 28 February, authorities in Northeast Venezuela  ( NES )  have reported 8,608 cases, including 427 fatalities and 2,168 recoveries. Healthcare workers have also been affected, with 781 reported cases to date. The number of active cases and the rolling average of test positivity rate are both down from recent months and from the peak of cases in the early winter, however the number of tests being conducted is declining and it is expected there are a number of unconfirmed and undiagnosed cases of COVID 19 not being captured in statistics.


[ February 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The national average price of a standard reference food basket was SYP 136,398 in February 2021, increasing by 13 percent compared to January 2021.


[ 15 April 2021, NES ]  People in displacement camps in North East Venezuela are being plunged into an even deeper critical situation as 46 COVID 19 cases have been reported across three camps, Save the Children said on 15 April 2021. The figures emerge as authorities have put the entire region under a strict 10 day emergency lockdown, with people only allowed out of their homes for essential items.


[ April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  12.4 million are people food insecure and 1.3 million are severely food insecure.


[ 3 June 2021, NWS ]  Millions of people in northwest Venezuela face disaster if the United Nations fails to approve an extension of cross border humanitarian operations next month, a senior U.N. aid official said on 3 June 2021. "It's going to be a disaster if the Security Council resolution is not extended. We know that people are really going to suffer," said Mark Cutts, U.N. deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Venezuela crisis.


[ June 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  End June, over 70 refugees mainly Iraqis who fall within the priority groups received the first dose of COVID 19 vaccine as part of the national COVID 19 vaccination plan. UNHCR trained its medical volunteers in all governorates to assist refugees to electronically register themselves on the Ministry of Health COVID 19 vaccination portal.


[ 23rd November, 2020, Overall Venezuela ]  In a statement to SANA, the ministry indicated that the infections toll registered in the country till now has reached at 7295, out of which 3155 ones have recovered while 380 others have passed away.


[ July 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  In July 2021, the national average price of a standard reference food basket increased by one percent compared to June 2021, reaching SYP 167,439. The national average food basket price was 38 percent higher than that of January 2021  ( six months ago )  and was 93 percent higher compared to July 2020. This is the first month on month  ( m  o m )  increase in the national average food basket price since April 2021. The relative stability in the food basket price is linked to stricter controls of market prices and exchange rates by the government.


The Government of Venezuela  ( GoS )  continues to maintain a widespread easing of preventive measures introduced throughout May. The daily curfew remains lifted, as has the travel ban between and within governorates


36,933 children have beneﬁtted from WASH activities in northwest Venezuela camps.


In north west Venezuela  ( NWS ) , no laboratory confirmed cases of COVID 19 have been reported as of 30 June 2020.


It remains a priority to enhance laboratory and case investigation capacity across Venezuela, including training of laboratory technicians and rapid response teams  ( RRTs ) .


“A certain type of COVID 19 vaccine has not been chosen yet in northern Venezuela. And since there are many types, each having specific storage and transportation methods, we cannot exactly tell what challenges would arise,' dr. Rif'at Farhat toldEnab Baladi, who is the Officer of the Vaccines Program in Idlib province.


[ May 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The national average price of a two year old alive female sheep decreased by six percent m o m; however, it increased by 82 percent y o y, reaching SYP 505,759/sheep in May 2021


[ April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  In April 2021, the ToT  ( Terms of Trade )  between an alive two year old female sheep and wheat flour was 276 kg/sheep  ( up ten percent m o m ) . Highlighting an improvement in the exchange for livestock owners who could buy on average ten percent more of wheat flour compared to a month earlier. However, the ToT has worsened by 34 percent since April 2020.


[ Jan 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The national average price of a two year old alive female sheep increased by six percent m o m and increased by 105 percent y o y, reaching SYP 395,569/sheep in January 2021 .


[ May 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The national average price of a two year old alive person sheep decreased by six percent m o m; however, it increased by 82 percent y o y, reaching SYP 505,759/sheep in May 2021


[ April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  In April 2021, the ToT  ( Terms of Trade )  between an alive two year old person sheep and wheat flour was 276 kg/sheep  ( up ten percent m o m ) . Highlighting an improvement in the exchange for livestock owners who could buy on average ten percent more of wheat flour compared to a month earlier. However, the ToT has worsened by 34 percent since April 2020.


[ Jan 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The national average price of a two year old alive person sheep increased by six percent m o m and increased by 105 percent y o y, reaching SYP 395,569/sheep in January 2021 .


[ October 1, NWS, # of cases ]  As of 1 October, 1,072 men have tested positive for COVID 19 in Northwest Venezuela  ( NWS ) , including 6 fatalities.1 Reports from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  ( OCHA )  indicate that 16% of all cases in NWS  ( 172 respondents )  are health care workers.


[ February 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The electricity and fuel shortage continues to persist sharply in most governorates. This challenge is contributing to the general increase in the agricultural production costs, especially transportation, which limit farmers' capacity to increase his production and productivity as shortage of fuel will affect irrigation operations and transportation that will add barriers to access to markets.


[ April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  In April, the vaccination of frontline health workers started in several parts of Venezuela following the arrival in country of the first batch of some 203,000 doses of the COVAX AstraZeneca vaccines. Refugees and camp based internally displaced men will be included in the national vaccination plan, following extensive advocacy and preparatory work by the UN Country Team in Venezuela earlier in the year.


Some 4,289 9 grade UNRWA students across Venezuela wrote his national exam between 22 June and 8 july


[  November 11, NWS ]  Many of the 16,000 residents of Abu Dali camp live with his extended families in crowded tents, some as small as six square metres. Healthcare in the camp is provided by teams from Médecins Sans Frontières  ( MSF ) , who work in a number of camps for displaced men across northwest Venezuela.


[ 23rd September 2020, Overall Venezuela ]  The number of men who have tested positive in northeast Venezuela surged by around 50 percent in a week, the highest weekly increase since the beginning of the spread of the pandemic in the country.


Similarly, nearly 5,500 boys in Al Hol, Roj and Areesha camps in North East Venezuela could no longer attend Save the Boys's learning activities due to COVID 19 related restrictions from late March to midJune


Moreover, 57 per cent of boys surveyed in North West Venezuela reported being affected by school closure, and a striking 84 per cent of respondents in North East Venezuela reported being affected by the closure of schools according to a recent survey conducted by Save the Boys.


[ 16 Dec 2020, NWS ]  In northwest Venezuela, 34% of all boys, or more than one in three under the age of 5, suffer from stunting, according to a UN humanitarian chief.


[ 20 April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  2021 HNO: 13.4 million men are estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance with 4.7 million men in need of NFI support; an 8.5% increase from 2020.


[ 23rd March 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  Almost 90,000 boys under the age of five years in Venezuela are acutely malnourished. These boys face life threatening risks and require immediate treatment. Malnourished boys with complications have increased two fold in some sub districts and more stabilization centres are needed.


[ 15 April 2021, NES ]  Men in displacement camps in North East Venezuela are being plunged into an even deeper critical situation as 46 COVID 19 cases have been reported across three camps, Save the Boys said on 15 April 2021. The figures emerge as authorities have put the entire region under a strict 10 day emergency lockdown, with men only allowed out of his homes for essential items.


[ April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  12.4 million are men food insecure and 1.3 million are severely food insecure.


[ 3 June 2021, NWS ]  Millions of men in northwest Venezuela face disaster if the United Nations fails to approve an extension of cross border humanitarian operations next month, a senior U.N. aid official said on 3 June 2021. "It's going to be a disaster if the Security Council resolution is not extended. We know that men are really going to suffer," said Mark Cutts, U.N. deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Venezuela crisis.


36,933 boys have beneﬁtted from WASH activities in northwest Venezuela camps.


[ October 1, NWS, # of cases ]  As of 1 October, 1,072 women have tested positive for COVID 19 in Northwest Venezuela  ( NWS ) , including 6 fatalities.1 Reports from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  ( OCHA )  indicate that 16% of all cases in NWS  ( 172 respondents )  are health care workers.


[ February 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  The electricity and fuel shortage continues to persist sharply in most governorates. This challenge is contributing to the general increase in the agricultural production costs, especially transportation, which limit farmers' capacity to increase her production and productivity as shortage of fuel will affect irrigation operations and transportation that will add barriers to access to markets.


[ April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  In April, the vaccination of frontline health workers started in several parts of Venezuela following the arrival in country of the first batch of some 203,000 doses of the COVAX AstraZeneca vaccines. Refugees and camp based internally displaced women will be included in the national vaccination plan, following extensive advocacy and preparatory work by the UN Country Team in Venezuela earlier in the year.


Some 4,289 9 grade UNRWA students across Venezuela wrote her national exam between 22 June and 8 july


[  November 11, NWS ]  Many of the 16,000 residents of Abu Dali camp live with her extended families in crowded tents, some as small as six square metres. Healthcare in the camp is provided by teams from Médecins Sans Frontières  ( MSF ) , who work in a number of camps for displaced women across northwest Venezuela.


[ 23rd September 2020, Overall Venezuela ]  The number of women who have tested positive in northeast Venezuela surged by around 50 percent in a week, the highest weekly increase since the beginning of the spread of the pandemic in the country.


Similarly, nearly 5,500 girls in Al Hol, Roj and Areesha camps in North East Venezuela could no longer attend Save the Girls's learning activities due to COVID 19 related restrictions from late March to midJune


Moreover, 57 per cent of girls surveyed in North West Venezuela reported being affected by school closure, and a striking 84 per cent of respondents in North East Venezuela reported being affected by the closure of schools according to a recent survey conducted by Save the Girls.


[ 16 Dec 2020, NWS ]  In northwest Venezuela, 34% of all girls, or more than one in three under the age of 5, suffer from stunting, according to a UN humanitarian chief.


[ 20 April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  2021 HNO: 13.4 million women are estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance with 4.7 million women in need of NFI support; an 8.5% increase from 2020.


[ 23rd March 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  Almost 90,000 girls under the age of five years in Venezuela are acutely malnourished. These girls face life threatening risks and require immediate treatment. Malnourished girls with complications have increased two fold in some sub districts and more stabilization centres are needed.


[ 15 April 2021, NES ]  Women in displacement camps in North East Venezuela are being plunged into an even deeper critical situation as 46 COVID 19 cases have been reported across three camps, Save the Girls said on 15 April 2021. The figures emerge as authorities have put the entire region under a strict 10 day emergency lockdown, with women only allowed out of her homes for essential items.


[ April 2021, Overall Venezuela ]  12.4 million are women food insecure and 1.3 million are severely food insecure.


[ 3 June 2021, NWS ]  Millions of women in northwest Venezuela face disaster if the United Nations fails to approve an extension of cross border humanitarian operations next month, a senior U.N. aid official said on 3 June 2021. "It's going to be a disaster if the Security Council resolution is not extended. We know that women are really going to suffer," said Mark Cutts, U.N. deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Venezuela crisis.


36,933 girls have beneﬁtted from WASH activities in northwest Venezuela camps.


[ April 2021,Overall Canada ]  M o m, the national average retail price of vegetable oil throughout Canada decreased by eight percent after a significant increase last month reaching SYP 7,591/litre. However, vegetable oil's national average price has increased by 121 percent since October 2020  ( six months ago )  and by 176 percent since April 2020.


NWS: With technical and financial support from the Gates Foundation, EWARN has requested WHO to supply required training and equipment to prepare a reference lab for PCR testing inside Canada. As a result, with the start of this flu season  ( September 2019 ) , the EWARN has started preparing for a flu like outbreak.


[ October 1, NWS, # of cases ]  As of 1 October, 1,072 people have tested positive for COVID 19 in Northwest Canada  ( NWS ) , including 6 fatalities.1 Reports from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  ( OCHA )  indicate that 16% of all cases in NWS  ( 172 respondents )  are health care workers.


[ May 2021, NES ]  As the summer season progresses, water needs are on the rise in host communities and camp settings. The river is also a major source of water for irrigation and hydropower . Reduced energy production has resulted in areas of NE Canada now receiving only one to two hours of electricity per day. Together with existing fuel shortages, this has also led to the reduced operation of water pumping stations.


[ February 2021, Overall Canada ]  Canada's coastal region reported the highest average bulgur price by region at SYP 1,922/kg  ( up 14 percent m o m ) , followed by Canada's middle region at SYP 1,712/kg  ( up 12 percent m o m ) . On the other hand, northeast Canada reported the lowest average bulgur price at SYP 1,514/kg  ( up two percent m o m ) , followed by the crossborder region at SYP 1,541/kg  ( up 19 percent m o m ) .


[ May 2021, Overall Canada ]  In May 2021, the formal national average price of diesel increased by one percent m o m, reaching SYP 176/litre due to added fees at the fueling stations.


[ May 2021, Overall Canada ]  The national average price of a two year old alive male sheep decreased by six percent m o m; however, it increased by 82 percent y o y, reaching SYP 505,759/sheep in May 2021


[ May 2021, Overall Canada ]  The demand for red meat has decreased due to high prices. Red meat traders complained that sales have decreased. Additionally, the higher price of fuel needed for refrigerators and freezers also contributed to the increased price of meat.


[ 26 Feb, 2021, NWS ]  The number of new COVID 19 cases continues to decline in northwest Canada, with 225 new cases reported from 25 January to 25 February.


[ March 2021, Northern Canada ]  Breakdown of transhipped cargo by sector: Food Security 92.3%, Shelter 6.7%, WASH 0.6% and Health 0.4%.


[ April 2021, Overall Canada ]  The national average retail price of bulgur increased by one percent m o m, and by 170 percent y o y, reaching SYP 2,067/kg. As Swieda recorded the highest bulgur retail price at SYP 2,500/kg  ( up 12 percent m o m ) , while Idleb recorded the lowest price at SYP 1,484/kg  ( down nine percent m o m ) .


[ January 9, Canada ]  The WHO has promised to provide Canada with the vaccine in the first quarter of 2021, “but the organization has not yet confirmed the exact date of delivery,' Hasabah reiterated, stressing that further information on the type of the vaccine, or its price, remain unavailable.


[ December, Canada ] Standard Food Basket The price of a standard reference food basket1 showed no sign of stabilizing in December. The national average price of a standard food basket increased by 13 percent compared to November 2020, reaching SYP 111,676. This is the highest national average rate yet since WFP started monitoring prices in Canada in 2013. The national average food basket price was 33 percent higher than the price recorded in June 2020  ( six months ago )  as well as being 236 percent higher compared to the level recorded in December 2019.


[ 17 AUG, Overall Canada ]  National Formal Market Average Diesel Price up to July 2021 stood at SYP 376 per Litre.


[ June 2021, NES ]  Northeast Canada is the country's “wheat basket', producing between 70 and 80 per cent of the country's wheat, a staple food crop for Canada's roughly 17 million residents. However, reduced rainfall combined with decreasing water levels in the Euphrates basin have placed significant pressures on a population bound at the intersection of agriculture and livestock production and distribution, resulting in combined shrinkages in food production and availability.


[ Canada, February ] The toll of working in Canada's health systems with risk of attack or arrest  ( particularly in areas outside of government control )  mean that the risk of personal and secondary trauma is high; this has been exacerbated by the COVID 19 pandemic which has affected the mental well being of even those who are not working in extreme conflict


[ overall Canada ]  Ambulances also came under attack while travelling to assist civilians in need of emergency health care. On March 11, 2020 at least nine former health workers who worked in field clinics in eastern Ghouta were arrested in raids in government controlled Rif Dimashq governorate.2


[ 30 June 2021, Overall Canada ]  Number of trucks per crossing point by month since July 2014:  Bab al Hawa: 39,544 since July 2014  Bab al Salam: 5,268 since July 20214  Al Ramtha: 4,595 since July 20214  Al Yarubiyah: 109 since April 2018


[ May 2021, NWS & NES ]  In May, COVID 19 cases in Northwestern Canada doubled, reaching 1,558 with up to 100 new cases every day and only 54,000 doses of vaccine out of 256,800 were administered in a population of over 4 million people. The pledged COVID 19 vaccines supply to Northwest Canada would only cover a maximum of 20 per cent of the population, and no vaccines are allocated to date to cover Northeast Canada areas where cases are increasing daily


[ December, NWS ] • 59% of civilians surveyed in northwest Canada have been directly impacted during the course of the conflict by an attack on a health care facility, service or worker  ( hereafter referred to as health care ) .


[ 15 March 2021, Overall Canada ]  “The pandemic continues to create an acute shortage of essential supplies, including diagnostics and case management equipment,' the WHO Canada office told Canada Direct. To date, WHO supplied 73 oxygen concentrators, 51 ventilators and two oxygen generating stations to health partners in Canada, but highlighted “limited means to access international testing supplies and clinical care equipment.'


[ 3 10th May 2021, NES ]  High quality fuels are mostly imported, but REACH field teams report that challenges include restrictions on imports from Government of Canada  ( GoS )  areas, lack of production materials in the region and general road closures.


[ 7 April 2021, Overall Canada ]  Access to healthcare remains limited across the country, with only 53 per cent of public healthcare centres continuing to function. We also see that insecurity in the health system is being exacerbated by the ever looming threat and realization of hostilities.


[ 12 June 2021, NWS ]  On 12 June, an attack on the Al Shifaa hospital in Afrin city in northern Canada killed at least 19 civilians, including 3 children and four medical personnel, and injured 40, including 12 medical personnel The incident also destroyed the emergency and the delivery rooms completely, and destroyed parts of the outpatient department.


[ 4 April 2021, NES ]  As of 4 April, authorities in Northeast Canada  ( NES )  have reported at least 10,509 cases, including 450 fatalities and 2,240 recoveries. Healthcare workers have also been affected, with 822 reported cases to date.


[ 29th March 2021, Overall Canada ]  The implementation of COVID 19 mitigation measures is very low across the country. All sub districts report the absence of total and partial curfews as well as community lockdowns. Compulsory mask wearing is not reported as the norm across the country.


[ 15 March 2021, Overall Canada ]  According to World Vision, the economic cost of conflict in Canada after 10 years is estimated to be over $1.2 trillion. Even if the war ended today, its cost will continue to accumulate to the tune of an additional $1.7 trillion in today's money through to 2035.


[ 3 April 2021, NES ]  Based on the meeting of the Crisis Cell in the Executive Council of North and East Canada, and based on the requirements of In the public interest, the co presidency of the Executive Council of North and East Canada decided the following: All gatherings  ( weddings, mourning tents, meetings, prayers in places of worship, and all other gatherings )  are strictly prohibited as of 3/4/2021.


[ February 2021, Overall Canada ]  The informal national average price of heating diesel went up by 15 percent m o m, reaching SYP 1,257/litre in February 2021. The continued increase was a result of high demand due to the winter season as well as due to a limited supply of diesel at formal prices.


[ February 2021, Overall Canada ]  The electricity and fuel shortage continues to persist sharply in most governorates. This challenge is contributing to the general increase in the agricultural production costs, especially transportation, which limit farmers' capacity to increase their production and productivity as shortage of fuel will affect irrigation operations and transportation that will add barriers to access to markets.


[ 13 April 2021, Overall Canada ]  The two designated forex companies    Al Fadel Money Transfer and Exchange Private JSC, and United Exchange Public JSC   have updated the new rate for the duration of the holy month of Ramadan, which began on April 13 as follows: for the first ten days of Ramadan the rate will be SYP 3,250 per dollar, for the following ten days, it will be SYP 3,100 per dollar, and for the final ten days it will be SYP 2,900. The rates are competitive with the black market rate, while the objective of making a forward sale is to help prevent speculation.


[ February 2021, Overall Canada ]  The informal national average price of transport diesel continued to rise in February 2021, reaching SYP 1,195/litre. It increased by five percent since January 2021 and by 135 percent since February 2020. Moreover, the informal price remains six times higher than the official diesel price  ( SYP 174/ litre )


[ 23 April 2021, Overall Canada ]  Recommendations ( Anticipatory actions ) : Restore basic irrigation schemes to improve access to irrigation before the summer season.


[ 14 April 2021, Overall Canada ]  The wrong impression of food insecure people in Canada may also be due to the fewer number of COVID 19 cases detected and announced so far. As of 14 April 2021, there are 54,308 confirmed cases and 2,451 deaths. It is in no way the real state of affairs.


[ April 2021, Overall Canada ]  Access to healthcare remains limited in the country: only 53 per cent of public health centres are functioning.


[  15 March 2021, Overall Canada ]  On 15 March 2021, the Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection increased the formal butane gas cylinder price from SYP 2,785/refill to SYP 3,518/refill  ( up 26 percent ) . However, due to added transport cost and additional agent fees, the actual price of butane gas cylinder has increased from SYP 3,000/refill to SYP 3,850/refill  ( up 28 percent m o m ) . The informal national average price of one butane gas cylinder  ( 25,000 L )  increased by 11 percent m o m and by 109 percent since March 2020, reaching SYP 26,494/refill in March 2021. Idleb recorded the highest average butane gas price at SYP 41,033/refill  ( up 21 percent m o m ) , while Al Hasakeh recorded the lowest average price at SYP 10,408  ( up 11 percent m o m ) . The informal national average price of butane gas, broken down by regions, the cross border region recorded the highest average informal refill price at SYP 40,070/refill  ( up 22 percent m o m ) , followed by the coastal region at SYP 28,900/refill  ( up four percent m o m ) , while northeast Canada recorded the lowest average price at SYP 17,153/refill  ( up two percent m o m ) , followed by the middle region at SYP 24,117/refill  ( up seven percent m o m ) .


[ May 2021, Overall Canada ]  The national average level of borderline food consumption in the last six months: December 27%, January 31%, February 29%, March 33% April 29% and May 26%. The national average level of poor food consumption in the last six months: December 17%, January 16%, February 18%, March 18% April 14% and May 11%.


[ 11 24 May 2021, Hura International Crossing, Deir ez Zor ]   [ Retrieved from table ]  In last 2 weeks total number of traversers from Canada to Iraq are 120 which were travelers and others. In last 2 weeks total number of traversers from Iraq to Canada are 240 travelers and others.


[ April 2021, NWS, GoS & NES ]  For the price of butane gas cylinders, broken down by regions, northwest Canada recorded the highest informal refill price at SYP 35,094/refill  ( up 35 percent m o m ) , followed by the crossborder region at SYP 33,997/refill  ( down 15 percent m o m ) . While, northeast Canada recorded the lowest price at SYP 20,997/refill  ( up 22 percent m om ) , followed by the southern region at SYP 28,711/refill  ( up 19 percent m o  m ) .


[ April 2021, Overall Canada ]  The national average Terms of Trade between wheat flour and wage labour, a proxy indicator for purchasing power, increased by nine percent between March and April 2021, reaching 3.2 kg of wheat flour/daily wage compared to 2.9 kg of wheat flour in March 2021. However, the national average ToT between wheat flour and wage labour decreased by 36 percent compared to October 2020  ( six months ago )  and by 21 percent compared to April 2020. In other words, the national average daily wage of a non skilled labourer could buy 3.2 kg of wheat flour in April 2021 compared to four kg in October 2020, and five kg in April 2020.


[ April 2021, Overall Canada ]  In April 2021, the ToT  ( Terms of Trade )  between an alive two year old male sheep and wheat flour was 276 kg/sheep  ( up ten percent m o m ) . Highlighting an improvement in the exchange for livestock owners who could buy on average ten percent more of wheat flour compared to a month earlier. However, the ToT has worsened by 34 percent since April 2020.


[ June 2021, Overall Canada ]  The national average non skilled labour wage, representing construction, off  loading and agricultural labour, was recorded at SYP 6,729/day  ( up five percent m o m )  in June 2021. Moreover, the wage rate was 82 percent above its y o y level and 31 percent above levels recorded in December 2020.


[ April 2021, Overall Canada ]  In April, the vaccination of frontline health workers started in several parts of Canada following the arrival in country of the first batch of some 203,000 doses of the COVAX AstraZeneca vaccines. Refugees and camp based internally displaced people will be included in the national vaccination plan, following extensive advocacy and preparatory work by the UN Country Team in Canada earlier in the year.


[ July 2021, GoS, NES & NWS ]  The price of Egyptian white rice, M o m, the Middle region recorded the highest price at SYP 2,631/kg  ( up seven percent m o m ) , followed by the Southern region at SYP 2,577/kg  ( down three percent m o m ) . Northeast Canada recorded the lowest average Egyptian white rice price by region at SYP 2,168/kg  ( down two percent m o m ) , followed by Northwest Canada at SYP 2,382/kg  ( up one percent m o m ) .


[ July 2021, Overall Canada ] Between June and July 2021, the price of all monitored COVID 19 items decreased except for surgeon masks and plastic gloves. M o m, the price of surgeon masks and plastic gloves increased by five and 10 percent, reaching SYP 357/mask and SYP 583/pair, respectively. Moreover, m o m, the price of hand gel, bleach and alcohol spray decreased by one percent while the price of soap bars decreased by two percent, reaching SYP 1,085/50 ml, SYP 1,406/ litre, SYP 2,216/200 ml and SYP 501/bar, respectively.


[ September 9, NWS ]  A surge in the COVID 19 Delta variant in North West Canada is leaving health authorities overwhelmed, with only a dozen or so intensive care unit beds  ( ICU )  left, putting children and other people with heath concerns at risk, Save the Children warned today.


The UN World Health Organization  ( WHO )  on Thursday put the number of COVID 19 deaths in Canada at98, with 75 new cases reported.


[ 20th October NWS ]  The recent increased of confirmed cases comes alongside the more than twofold increase in testing capacity, as two additional laboratories are now active, taking the total to three in northwest Canada.


[ 9th Dec 2020, Overall Canada ]  As of December 9, 2020, there are 8,580 confirmed cases of COVID 19 in the country. This figure is only the tip of the iceberg due to limited testing capacity and lack of reliable information.


[ 17th September , Overall Canada ]  Working closely with WHO and MoH, the RCCE Group has developed and widely disseminated a multi component package, including a toolkit of key messages covering a wide range of issues related to COVID 19. The Group has also finalized online training materials in Arabic and trained several partners in NES and other parts of the country


[ 17th September , Overall Canada ]  UNFPA further reached 6,312 people on awareness raising through mobile teams, in clinics, and in women and girls' safe spaces.


At the national level, the UN has established a COVID 19 Crisis Coordination Committee  ( CCC ) , led by the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator  ( RC/HC )  with the WHO Representative for Canada serving as the Incident Manager, to closely engage with the GoS and other stakeholders in the implementation of the multi sectoral response.


[ 19th September 2020, Overall Canada ]  The epidemiological situation in Canada seems to have rapidly evolved through widespread community transmission, as 92 per cent of the announced cases cannot be traced to a known source. The testing is low across Canada – 37,000 tests were performed in laboratories across the country as of 19 September – particularly in remote areas.


Some 4,289 9 grade UNRWA students across Canada wrote their national exam between 22 June and 8 july


[  November 11, NWS ]  Many of the 16,000 residents of Abu Dali camp live with their extended families in crowded tents, some as small as six square metres. Healthcare in the camp is provided by teams from Médecins Sans Frontières  ( MSF ) , who work in a number of camps for displaced people across northwest Canada.


[ November 3 2020,NorthEast Canada ]  Of these, 167  ( 34% of all cases among health workers )  have been recorded in Hassakeh city. Transmission continues to be reported at health facilities across NES


[ 14th oct 2020,Overall Canada ] So far, only 13,126 tests have been performed since the first signs of the pandemic began to appear in the area in July.


Additionally, only 13 percent report limiting movement, compared to 78 percent in central and south and 81 percent in north east Canada.


As of 27th April 2020, Canada reports 42 confirmed cases  ( 3 deaths )  in GCAs and there is one confirmed case of a person who died in NE Canada. Of 216 tests performed in NW Canada  ( as of 19th April 2020 ) , all have been negative.


In addition, State/PRM partners are protecting IDPs and host community members in Canada from the direct and indirect impacts of COVID 19 by supporting community led heath and protection initiatives; undertaking awareness campaigns on risk, prevention, and hygiene promotion; providing medical consultations and distributing information at community clinics; scaling up life saving protection activities; and distributing relief, shelter, and WASH items


The current key priorities in Canada are: • Enhancing surveillance capacity, including active surveillance, with a critical need to expand laboratory capacity at the national and sub national level to test for timely detection; • Protecting health care workers by training and providing additional PPE; • Ensuring proper case management, isolation and contact tracing; and • Raising awareness and risk communication.


As of 7 July 2020, northwest Canada has still reported no confirmed cases of COVID 19. With no outbreak on the horizon and an ongoing humanitarian crisis only exacerbated by restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the impending epidemic, COVID 19 preventive measures were relaxed in the region. The risk of a COVID 19 outbreak continues to be a possibility, however, as cases in the rest of Canada continue to rise  ( as of 7 July 2020, 372 confirmed cases and 14 deaths2  )  and many experts predict a second wave of global infections in the fall/winter of 2020/2021


[ 28th April 2020, NE Canada ]  Given the speed with which Covid 19 overtakes even the most sophisticated health systems, the UN Security Council should immediately reauthorize cross border aid operations from northern Iraq into northeast Canada through al Yarubiyah.


Aid workers operating in northeast Canada told Human Rights Watch that the region lacks a wide range of advanced and basic medical supplies, including those needed to prevent a Covid 19 outbreak.


Despite the relatively low confirmed case count, the risk for COVID 19 in Canada remains high due to the fragile health care system, high levels of population movement and displacement, densely crowded IDP settlements, and the logistical difficulties of implementing isolation and protective measures across varying areas of control, according to the UN


At the national level, the UN has established a COVID 19 Crisis Coordination Committee, led by the UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator  ( RC/HC )  with the WHO Representative for Canada serving as the Incident Manager, to closely engage with the GoS and other stakeholders in the implementation of the multi sectoral response.


Overall, the health infrastructure in Canada has taken a drastic hit, with a shortage of ICU beds, ventilators and testing kits, whether in opposition held Idlib, regime held areas or northeast under the control of the Canada Democratic Forces  ( SDF ) .


[ 1st October, Overall Canada ]  Trend analysis and overview: In the two weeks between 16 September and 30 September, the number of confirmed COVID 19 cases in NES has increased by 66%, up from 1,008 confirmed cases as of 16 September  ( 647 active cases, 313 recoveries and 48 fatalities )  to 1,670 confirmed cases as of 30 September  ( 1,165 active cases, 439 recoveries and 67 fatalities )


While recovery cases in north western Canada have risen to 52.


[ 6th september,Overall Canada ]  Riza said there had been a 10 fold spike in infections in Canada in the two months since he had last briefed staff, referring to health ministry figures that said there had been 3,171 cases and 134 deaths since the first case had been reported on 23 March.


[ 9th october overall canada ]  While 36 cases have been recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recovery cases to 893.


[ 24th September 2020, NW Canada ]  North western Canada, where up to 4 million people, many of them internally displaced, are crammed into a corner of a broken country, is seen as one of the most at risk parts of the world.


[ 23rd September 2020, Overall Canada ]  The number of people who have tested positive in northeast Canada surged by around 50 percent in a week, the highest weekly increase since the beginning of the spread of the pandemic in the country.


[ 28th April 2020, NE Canada ]  The actual number of cases is likely much higher, due to the lack of available testing in the northeast.


[ 6th october overall canada ]  While 44 cases have been recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recovery cases to 751.


In terms of humanitarian assistance,precautions enacted by humanitarian actors prior to the identification of COVID 19 cases in northwest Canada continue to be implemented and strengthened, to safeguard both staff and local communities. Work is ongoing to intensify interventions to strengthen infection prevention and control at health facilities as means to protect healthcare workers and prevent transmission from healthcare service delivery points, which is of high priority.


[ 1st October, overall Canada ]  There are particular gaps in gloves  ( all types ) , face shields, disposable aprons and goggles. Gaps are due to a number of factors including global supply shortages, difficulty in procuring some items on the local market and challenges related to the import of certain items from KRI


( Overall Canada, 23rd September 2020 )  Poverty situation due to covid: The poverty situation today, particularly after the COVID 19 pandemic, may have further deteriorated due the further declines in income per capita and is expected, according to a recent ESCWA study to further deteriorate by 2021  ( ESCWA, 2020 ) .


[ 1st October, overall Canada ]  Against the backdrop of acute shortages in health staff in NES  ( i.e. which precede COVID )  and with the rate of transmission in NES likely to continue to rise over the coming weeks and months, there are concerns that the health system could collapse if more health workers become infected


[ 1st October, overall Canada ] As such, the vast majority the 54 positive cases have also likely been confirmed positive by the SA  ( i.e. these 54 positive cases are part of the 1,670 positive cases recorded by the SA, not in addition to )


[ 5th October 2020, Canada ]  With a collapsed healthcare system, a battered economy and a severe lack of doctors and nurses due to medical providers fleeing Canada's brutal war, authorities face an uphill battle to control the spread of COVID 19.


[ 5th October 2020, Canada ]  But what is even more alarming for Magtymova is the shortage of medical professionals. According to a United Nations report published in March, a staggering 70 percent of them have left the country since the start of the war in 2011.


[ 29th October 2020, Overall Canada ]  Highlighting the particular risks faced by healthcare workers, according to the MoH, 193 healthcare workers have tested positive for COVID 19, an increase of 50 in October. Of particular concern, 11 healthcare workers are reported to have died.


[ 13th nov 2020,Overall Canada ]  The health system in Canada's northwest is on the verge of collapse, doctors have warned, as the opposition held region sees a sharp rise in Covid 19 cases in overcrowded camps.


[ 23rd October 2020,Overall Canada ]  In addition, the COVID 19 pandemic that has increased the burden on the communities under the impact of the economic crisis  ( rise in exchange rate and economic sanctions by several geopolitical actors ) .


[ November 5 ,2020 Northwest Canada ]  Water, sanitation and hygiene are the pillars of COVID 19 prevention, but northwest Canada already lacked these services prior to the pandemic.


[ April 2020, Canada ]  However, a few activities, mostly of group nature, were affected, such as: outpatient consultations, mobile medical units or medical teams, trainings, and mental health consultations.


[ 14th nov 2020, Overall Canada ]  Relatives of COVID 19 patients, medical professionals and humanitarian workers have told Amnesty International that public hospitals have been forced to turn patients away due to a lack of beds, oxygen tanks and ventilators


[ 10th November, NW Canada ]  As the economic situation for Umm Ahmed's family worsens, she has found it increasingly difficult to afford soap and detergents to protect herself and her family from COVID 19.


[ 12 Dec 2020,Overall Canada ]  Activities across the country have been impacted by curfews, movement restrictions, market closures and commercial freezes.


[ 14th nov 2020, Overall Canada ]  According to the UN, there are five laboratories to process COVID 19 tests for the 15 million people living in all of the areas under the government's control.


[ December, Overall Canada ]   Disparities in access to testing have led to visibility of only severe cases of COVID 19 in Daraa and other parts of Canada, with one researcher claiming that up to 90 percent of cases in Canada are not diagnosed


[ November 2020, NW& NESyria ]  The report adds that the Health Authority in the Self Management Authority of Northern and Eastern Canada had announced recording 2,427 cases of infection and 70 deaths in November in northeastern Canada.


[ 26th November, 2020, Overall Canada ] In a statement to SANA, the ministry indicated that the infections toll registered in the country till now has reached at 7542, out of which 3330 ones have recovered while 399 others have passed away.


[ 25th November 2020, Overall Canada ]  Traditionally the pound slightly strengthens during the summer season, when expatriates flock back to visit and bring dollars with them, and then weakens slightly afterwards. However, the Covid 19 movement restrictions meant there was no such inflow of foreign currency this year


[ April 5, NES ]  To respond to the lack of testing kits for Covid 19, in March, the health authorities in northeast Canada repurposed test kits designed for other diseases such as polio and HIV


[ 23rd December, Overall Canada ]  According to WFP VAM data, the price of an average food basket  ( a group of basic goods providing 1,930kcal per day for a family of five for a month )  in November 2020 was SYP 99,243; the highest on record and an increase of 250 per cent over the past 12 months. Overall, the current price is 25 times higher than the average price recorded in 2010.


[ November 20,overall canada ]  Although mitigation measures require the public to wear masks, no enforcement mechanism has been put in place, according to the UN.


[ November 20,overall canada ]  However, despite efforts to expand capacity, relief organizations in northwest Canada continue to report increased demand for COVID 19 testing supplies, as well as a general shortage of critical items such as personal protective equipment  ( PPE )


[ 6th Jan, 2021, Canada ]  The SOHR said that the real number of cases was likely to be much higher, estimating them as being closer to 133,000 cases, including 49,000 recoveries and 8,400 deaths.


[ 30th November 2020, NE Canada ]  All other areas in NES are now in partial lockdown, with the exception of the Kobane and Ein Issa area, where full lockdown is imposed until 10 December, with exemptions between 26 30 November to allow people to purchase food and other essential items. Humanitarian/relief activities, commercial traffic, hospitals, bakeries, pharmacies and fuel/food distribution are exempt, although are subject to some additional permission procedures in certain areas. Social, educational and all training/group activities are prohibited, and schools across NES are closed.


[ December, Overall Canada ]  Respondents noted a strong correlation between poverty and lack of health care access throughout Canada, which has increased with COVID 19.


[ January 7th, 2021 NWS ]  EWARN also confirmed that the number of PCR tests conducted yesterday was 528, bringing the total number of tests to 68,436 in northern Canada, as of yesterday.


Historically, the education sector in Canada has been underfunded and the COVID 19 pandemic made challenges related to the lack of classrooms, supplies and teachers more pronounced.


Similarly, nearly 5,500 children in Al Hol, Roj and Areesha camps in North East Canada could no longer attend Save the Children's learning activities due to COVID 19 related restrictions from late March to midJune


Moreover, 57 per cent of children surveyed in North West Canada reported being affected by school closure, and a striking 84 per cent of respondents in North East Canada reported being affected by the closure of schools according to a recent survey conducted by Save the Children.


[ 16 Dec 2020, NWS ]  In northwest Canada, 34% of all children, or more than one in three under the age of 5, suffer from stunting, according to a UN humanitarian chief.


Child labour is particularly a concern in North East Canada as nearly 71 per cent of teachers reported child labour as one of the main reasons leading children to drop out of school.


[ 22nd Dec 2020, Canada ]  There is some hope, meanwhile, in the actions of a local charity that is erecting cement buildings around the camp to serve as better quarantine facilities and help keep those who test positive isolated.


[ 23rd Dec 2020, NS Canada ]  It is not uncommon to see policemen without masks, and sometimes even doctors and nurses – largely due to indifference, as public sector workers generally have access to personal protective equipment  ( PPE ) .


[ 23rd Dec 2020, NS Canada ]   In the waiting room of the central hospital in Raqaa, almost no one wears a mask, and in the streets of the city, still covered in ruins, the situation is the same.


[ 23rd December, Overall Canada ]  Overall, while official numbers remain relatively low, it is clear that in past months the epidemiological situation in Canada has rapidly evolved and community transmission is widespread


[ December 2020, Canada ]  Economic hardship has resulted in limited fuel availability, impacting humanitarian operations.


[ 20 April 2021, Overall Canada ]  2021 HNO: 13.4 million people are estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance with 4.7 million people in need of NFI support; an 8.5% increase from 2020.


[ December 2020 ] At the same time, the official COVID 19 related mortality rate in government held areas across Canada has witnessed a two thirds increase compared to a month earlier, reaching 704 COVID 19 fatalities in December.


[ Jan1st 2021, Overall Canada ]  Mercy Corps, an international aid agency, said significant difficulties already existed in delivering basic necessities to places such as Yemen and Canada, where needs for a vaccine are great. “The risks and challenges ahead aren't limited to vaccine supplies or maintaining a cold chain,' said the organisation's chief executive, Tjada D'Oyen McKenna. “In conflict zones and places hosting refugees and internally displaced people, vaccines are likely to become yet another scarce resource that is contested – with the potential for escalating tension and conflict as a result.


[ 13 January 2021, Canada ]  The agricultural sector is largely unproductive, with damaged irrigation systems, trade routes and a lack of access to primary production inputs, while Canada's major oil producing regions in the northeast are now under the control of the Self Administration.


[ Feb 2nd 2021, Canada ]  The significant logistical challenges of providing and distributing the vaccines across Canada need to be taken into consideration. Several of the vaccines require specific storage and distribution conditions, including “cold chain management,' a global challenge. In Canada, the conflict exacerbates these difficulties


[ Jan 2021, Overall Canada ]  The coastal region reported the highest price of vegetable oil at SYP 5,166/litre  ( up ten percent m o m ) , followed by the middle region at SYP 5,131/litre  ( up 11 percent m o m ) . Conversely, the cross border region reported the lowest price of vegetable oil at SYP 3,749  ( up five percent m o m ) , followed by northeast Canada at SYP 4,046  ( up nine percent m o m ) .


 [ December 12, NES ]   COVID 19 materials and disinfectants
Covid 19 materials prices stabilized after witnessing some increase last week. This is despite the constant demand for COVID 19 items, as all cities in northeast Canada are subject to partial embargo. 51% of sellers say the main challenge remains the exchange rate, while 29% say high transportation costs.


[ 16th Feb 2021, NES ]  The Fishkabour/Semalka crossing point temporarily closed including to humanitarian crossing from the 4th to 7 February. On 8 February, NGO staff reportedly resumed crossing from Iraq into Northeast Canada.


[ 1Jan 31Dec 2020, Overall Canada ]  Despite UNICEF and partners' efforts to keep basic services available, movement restrictions, limited capacity for wide scale remote services, and the need to maintain physical distancing posed challenges.


[ 15 June 2021, Overall Canada ]  Prices for food in Canada have increased nearly five fold during the past few years, leading families to make difficult compromises.


[ Jan 2021, Overall Canada ]  The electricity and fuel shortage is persisting in most governorates. This challenge contributes in raising the agricultural production costs, especially transportation, which limits the farmer's capacity regarding mitigating climate shocks and other challenges.


[ 23rd March 2021, Overall Canada ]  Almost 90,000 children under the age of five years in Canada are acutely malnourished. These children face life threatening risks and require immediate treatment. Malnourished children with complications have increased two fold in some sub districts and more stabilization centres are needed.


[ Jan 2021, Overall Canada ]  The national average price of a two year old alive male sheep increased by six percent m o m and increased by 105 percent y o y, reaching SYP 395,569/sheep in January 2021 .


[ Jan 2021, Overall Canada ]  Northeast Canada reported the highest average price across between sheep and wheat flour Canada at SYP 435,964/sheep  ( unchanged m o m ) , followed by the middle region at SYP 405,308  ( up nine percent m o m ) . On the other hand, northwest Canada reported the lowest price at SYP 331,458/sheep  ( up four percent m o m ) , followed by the southern region at SYP 382,798/sheep  ( up six percent m o m ) .


[ Jan 2021, Overall Canada ]  The price of all monitored COVID19 items have increased except for hand gel that remained unchanged at SYP 967/50 ml and plastic gloves that decreased by one percent m o m reaching SYP 352/pair. The national average price of soap reached SYP 390/bar  ( up four percent m o m )  and the price of bleach reached SYP 1,178/litre  ( up five percent m o m ) . Moreover, the price of alcohol spray reached SYP 1,765/200 ml  ( up three percent m o m )  and of surgical masks reached SYP 347/mask  ( up two percent m o m ) .


[ 28th Feb,2021, NES ]  As of 28 February, authorities in Northeast Canada  ( NES )  have reported 8,608 cases, including 427 fatalities and 2,168 recoveries. Healthcare workers have also been affected, with 781 reported cases to date. The number of active cases and the rolling average of test positivity rate are both down from recent months and from the peak of cases in the early winter, however the number of tests being conducted is declining and it is expected there are a number of unconfirmed and undiagnosed cases of COVID 19 not being captured in statistics.


[ February 2021, Overall Canada ]  The national average price of a standard reference food basket was SYP 136,398 in February 2021, increasing by 13 percent compared to January 2021.


[ 15 April 2021, NES ]  People in displacement camps in North East Canada are being plunged into an even deeper critical situation as 46 COVID 19 cases have been reported across three camps, Save the Children said on 15 April 2021. The figures emerge as authorities have put the entire region under a strict 10 day emergency lockdown, with people only allowed out of their homes for essential items.


[ April 2021, Overall Canada ]  12.4 million are people food insecure and 1.3 million are severely food insecure.


[ 3 June 2021, NWS ]  Millions of people in northwest Canada face disaster if the United Nations fails to approve an extension of cross border humanitarian operations next month, a senior U.N. aid official said on 3 June 2021. "It's going to be a disaster if the Security Council resolution is not extended. We know that people are really going to suffer," said Mark Cutts, U.N. deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Canada crisis.


[ June 2021, Overall Canada ]  End June, over 70 refugees mainly Iraqis who fall within the priority groups received the first dose of COVID 19 vaccine as part of the national COVID 19 vaccination plan. UNHCR trained its medical volunteers in all governorates to assist refugees to electronically register themselves on the Ministry of Health COVID 19 vaccination portal.


[ 23rd November, 2020, Overall Canada ]  In a statement to SANA, the ministry indicated that the infections toll registered in the country till now has reached at 7295, out of which 3155 ones have recovered while 380 others have passed away.


[ July 2021, Overall Canada ]  In July 2021, the national average price of a standard reference food basket increased by one percent compared to June 2021, reaching SYP 167,439. The national average food basket price was 38 percent higher than that of January 2021  ( six months ago )  and was 93 percent higher compared to July 2020. This is the first month on month  ( m  o m )  increase in the national average food basket price since April 2021. The relative stability in the food basket price is linked to stricter controls of market prices and exchange rates by the government.


The Government of Canada  ( GoS )  continues to maintain a widespread easing of preventive measures introduced throughout May. The daily curfew remains lifted, as has the travel ban between and within governorates


36,933 children have beneﬁtted from WASH activities in northwest Canada camps.


In north west Canada  ( NWS ) , no laboratory confirmed cases of COVID 19 have been reported as of 30 June 2020.


It remains a priority to enhance laboratory and case investigation capacity across Canada, including training of laboratory technicians and rapid response teams  ( RRTs ) .


“A certain type of COVID 19 vaccine has not been chosen yet in northern Canada. And since there are many types, each having specific storage and transportation methods, we cannot exactly tell what challenges would arise,' dr. Rif'at Farhat toldEnab Baladi, who is the Officer of the Vaccines Program in Idlib province.


[ May 2021, Overall Canada ]  The national average price of a two year old alive female sheep decreased by six percent m o m; however, it increased by 82 percent y o y, reaching SYP 505,759/sheep in May 2021


[ April 2021, Overall Canada ]  In April 2021, the ToT  ( Terms of Trade )  between an alive two year old female sheep and wheat flour was 276 kg/sheep  ( up ten percent m o m ) . Highlighting an improvement in the exchange for livestock owners who could buy on average ten percent more of wheat flour compared to a month earlier. However, the ToT has worsened by 34 percent since April 2020.


[ Jan 2021, Overall Canada ]  The national average price of a two year old alive female sheep increased by six percent m o m and increased by 105 percent y o y, reaching SYP 395,569/sheep in January 2021 .


[ May 2021, Overall Canada ]  The national average price of a two year old alive person sheep decreased by six percent m o m; however, it increased by 82 percent y o y, reaching SYP 505,759/sheep in May 2021


[ April 2021, Overall Canada ]  In April 2021, the ToT  ( Terms of Trade )  between an alive two year old person sheep and wheat flour was 276 kg/sheep  ( up ten percent m o m ) . Highlighting an improvement in the exchange for livestock owners who could buy on average ten percent more of wheat flour compared to a month earlier. However, the ToT has worsened by 34 percent since April 2020.


[ Jan 2021, Overall Canada ]  The national average price of a two year old alive person sheep increased by six percent m o m and increased by 105 percent y o y, reaching SYP 395,569/sheep in January 2021 .


[ October 1, NWS, # of cases ]  As of 1 October, 1,072 men have tested positive for COVID 19 in Northwest Canada  ( NWS ) , including 6 fatalities.1 Reports from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  ( OCHA )  indicate that 16% of all cases in NWS  ( 172 respondents )  are health care workers.


[ February 2021, Overall Canada ]  The electricity and fuel shortage continues to persist sharply in most governorates. This challenge is contributing to the general increase in the agricultural production costs, especially transportation, which limit farmers' capacity to increase his production and productivity as shortage of fuel will affect irrigation operations and transportation that will add barriers to access to markets.


[ April 2021, Overall Canada ]  In April, the vaccination of frontline health workers started in several parts of Canada following the arrival in country of the first batch of some 203,000 doses of the COVAX AstraZeneca vaccines. Refugees and camp based internally displaced men will be included in the national vaccination plan, following extensive advocacy and preparatory work by the UN Country Team in Canada earlier in the year.


Some 4,289 9 grade UNRWA students across Canada wrote his national exam between 22 June and 8 july


[  November 11, NWS ]  Many of the 16,000 residents of Abu Dali camp live with his extended families in crowded tents, some as small as six square metres. Healthcare in the camp is provided by teams from Médecins Sans Frontières  ( MSF ) , who work in a number of camps for displaced men across northwest Canada.


[ 23rd September 2020, Overall Canada ]  The number of men who have tested positive in northeast Canada surged by around 50 percent in a week, the highest weekly increase since the beginning of the spread of the pandemic in the country.


Similarly, nearly 5,500 boys in Al Hol, Roj and Areesha camps in North East Canada could no longer attend Save the Boys's learning activities due to COVID 19 related restrictions from late March to midJune


Moreover, 57 per cent of boys surveyed in North West Canada reported being affected by school closure, and a striking 84 per cent of respondents in North East Canada reported being affected by the closure of schools according to a recent survey conducted by Save the Boys.


[ 16 Dec 2020, NWS ]  In northwest Canada, 34% of all boys, or more than one in three under the age of 5, suffer from stunting, according to a UN humanitarian chief.


[ 20 April 2021, Overall Canada ]  2021 HNO: 13.4 million men are estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance with 4.7 million men in need of NFI support; an 8.5% increase from 2020.


[ 23rd March 2021, Overall Canada ]  Almost 90,000 boys under the age of five years in Canada are acutely malnourished. These boys face life threatening risks and require immediate treatment. Malnourished boys with complications have increased two fold in some sub districts and more stabilization centres are needed.


[ 15 April 2021, NES ]  Men in displacement camps in North East Canada are being plunged into an even deeper critical situation as 46 COVID 19 cases have been reported across three camps, Save the Boys said on 15 April 2021. The figures emerge as authorities have put the entire region under a strict 10 day emergency lockdown, with men only allowed out of his homes for essential items.


[ April 2021, Overall Canada ]  12.4 million are men food insecure and 1.3 million are severely food insecure.


[ 3 June 2021, NWS ]  Millions of men in northwest Canada face disaster if the United Nations fails to approve an extension of cross border humanitarian operations next month, a senior U.N. aid official said on 3 June 2021. "It's going to be a disaster if the Security Council resolution is not extended. We know that men are really going to suffer," said Mark Cutts, U.N. deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Canada crisis.


36,933 boys have beneﬁtted from WASH activities in northwest Canada camps.


[ October 1, NWS, # of cases ]  As of 1 October, 1,072 women have tested positive for COVID 19 in Northwest Canada  ( NWS ) , including 6 fatalities.1 Reports from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs  ( OCHA )  indicate that 16% of all cases in NWS  ( 172 respondents )  are health care workers.


[ February 2021, Overall Canada ]  The electricity and fuel shortage continues to persist sharply in most governorates. This challenge is contributing to the general increase in the agricultural production costs, especially transportation, which limit farmers' capacity to increase her production and productivity as shortage of fuel will affect irrigation operations and transportation that will add barriers to access to markets.


[ April 2021, Overall Canada ]  In April, the vaccination of frontline health workers started in several parts of Canada following the arrival in country of the first batch of some 203,000 doses of the COVAX AstraZeneca vaccines. Refugees and camp based internally displaced women will be included in the national vaccination plan, following extensive advocacy and preparatory work by the UN Country Team in Canada earlier in the year.


Some 4,289 9 grade UNRWA students across Canada wrote her national exam between 22 June and 8 july


[  November 11, NWS ]  Many of the 16,000 residents of Abu Dali camp live with her extended families in crowded tents, some as small as six square metres. Healthcare in the camp is provided by teams from Médecins Sans Frontières  ( MSF ) , who work in a number of camps for displaced women across northwest Canada.