So far, Cameroon has recorded 3,529 Covid-19 cases, to curb the spread of the virus, the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) together with its partners have provided health, water and sanitation, and hygiene support, including mobile clinics, disease screening and Covid-19 sensitization, to more than 450,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the north-west and south-west regions of Cameroon in an effort to assist vulnerable communities.
“More than 1.4 million people in the north-west and south-west regions are food insecure, with numbers gradually increasing every month. Food distribution to displaced people is expected to increase following the development of revised guidelines and risk mitigation measures by the food security cluster and supporting partners. In April, Covid-19-related restrictions meant that food assistance reached only 10% of beneficiaries, leaving more than 150,000 people without support, said the agency.
Over 6,370 schools and 4,200 community learning centres in the regions have been closed since March 2020 to contain the spread of the coronavirus. To help the learners stay afloat with their schoolwork, the government and humanitarian partners were also providing distance learning to more than half of the children affected by school closures in both regions through radio, TV and printed material.
Moreover, the humanitarian co-ordinator in Cameroon has also met the secretary-general of the south-west region governor’s office, to improve collaboration and co-ordination with the government’s humanitarian co-ordination centres. The aim of the meeting was to strengthen the transparency among humanitarian partners and to provide support for the Covid-19 response.
