West Asia & North Africa Digest by Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev | June 2021
IA) Political Developments: Covid-19 Pandemic Regional Impact of Covid-19: The Pandemic tapers off as vaccinations rise Both incidences of Covid-19 confirmed cases and deaths continued to decline in WANA countries, led particularly by those with high mass vaccination ratios. Thus the growth in confirmed cases declined in the region to 9.5% (from 44.1% in April 2021) and […]
West Asia & North Africa Digest by Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev | May 2021
IA) Political Developments: Covid-19 Pandemic Regional Impact of Covid-19: Covid Comes Back For several reasons, most WANA countries saw a resurgence in covid-19 cases and deaths during April 2021. New and more virulent mutants of the virus gripped the population already fatigued by year-long pandemic vigil. The ignorance of social-distancing norms during Nowruz festivities (straddling March-April), as […]
West Asia & North Africa Digest by Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev | April 2021
IA) Political Developments: Covid-19 Pandemic Regional Impact of Covid-19: Vaccination and Second Surge In March 2021, two distinct and opposite trends were evident about the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in the WANA countries. In overall terms, the region saw a doubling of the rate of infections which grew by 20.8% in March 2021 as compared to […]
