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Download File Azerbaijan Country Office COVID-19 Situation Report No. 6 Situation in Numbers Published on 15 May 2020 (as of 13 May 2020) WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS 2,758 • As of 13 May, 2,758 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, with 35 deaths and COVID-19 cases 1,789 recovered cases. The number of tests carried out as of 13 May had reached 208,546. • Starting from 5 May, a gradual lifting of the special quarantine regime was applied 35 including a resumption of service on the Baku Metro from 9 May. COVID-19 deaths • UNICEF Azerbaijan continued its joint campaign for young people with the Youth Foundation on social media focusing on staying healthy while at home, with a series of posts on yoga, simple physical exercises and art. 1,789 • 70 posters and 4,780 leaflets and brochures were distributed by young 50 volunteers people recovered amongst 1,790 families in Narimanov and Azizbekov Districts of Baku, Ganja, Goranboy and settlements for internally displaced persons from Kalbajar District in partnership with Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society. • UNICEF continued developing a series of interactive webinars on Basic Life Skills (BLS 1.9 million Remote) based on its face-to-face regular 16-lesson programme for the cross-country School and pre- network of Youth Houses. Session 2 on Emotional Regulation was conducted on 7 May school aged children reaching 1,599 people through social media live streaming and online meeting and young people platforms, with 800 participants being students of Vocational Education and Training affected by schools. school closures • A live session was held on social media platforms with three local experts on child health to provide parents and caregivers of young children with necessary advice/counselling on child health, infant and maternal nutrition, breastfeeding and US$ 1,235,185 vaccination of children during the COVID-19 outbreak, organized by the Public Health Planned budget Reform Centre (PHRC) and supported by UNICEF. A total 3,100 views were reported. • Preschool education classes developed with the support of UNICEF started on 23 April US$ 455,630 on two national television channels targeting children below the age of 5 nationwide. Funding gap The early education videos are also available at the Parenting Education Portal developed with UNICEF support. Over 55,000 children under 5 were reached during the period of 4-14 May by the distance preschool education classes on television. • UNICEF initiated a new partnership with the “Reliable Future” Social Initiatives Public Union and the national Mental Health Center of the Ministry of Health to strengthen capacity of mental health and psychosocial social services in the education sector; provide effective prevention and response to violence against children via a Child Helpline and rehabilitation services during and after the COVID-19 period. • All preparatory work for the real-time monitoring of social media and social was completed during the reporting period, including initial discussions with a research company to agree on the topics and subtopics for monitoring, identifying related keywords in all possible variations and potential influencers to be tracked. Page 1 of 7 SITUATION OVERVIEW & HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OVERALL SITUATION UPDATES 2,758 cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed as of 13 May, with 35 deaths and 1,789 recovered cases. The number of tests carried out as of 13 May had reached 208,546. People in the quarantine Date Total confirmed cases Total deaths Total recovered cases facilities at the time 13 March 19 1 3 - 16 March 25 1 6 - 17 March 25 1 6 - 18 March 34 1 10 - 20 March 44 1 10 - 23 March 65 1 10 - 24 March 72 1 10 Around 1,000 25 March 87 1 10 - 26 March 93 2 10 2,914 27 March 122 3 15 Over 3,000 30 March 209 4 15 - 31 March 273 4 26 4,085 1 April 297 5 26 - 2 April 359 5 26 4,518 3 April 443 5 32 4,321 6 April 584 7 32 - 7 April 641 7 44 - 8 April 717 8 44 - 9 April 822 8 63 Over 3,000 10 April 926 9 101 - 12 April 1,098 11 250 2,840 13 April 1,148 12 289 2,373 14 April 1,197 13 351 - 15 April 1,253 13 404 - 16 April 1,283 15 460 - 19 April 1,398 19 712 - 20 April 1,436 19 791 - 21 April 1,480 20 865 - 22 April 1,518 20 907 - 23 April 1,548 20 948 - 24 April 1,592 21 1,013 1,000 25 April 1,617 21 1.080 - 26 April 1,645 21 1,139 - 27 April 1,678 22 1,162 - 28 April 1,717 22 1,221 - 29 April 1,766 23 1,267 - 1 May 1,804 24 1,325 - 3 May 1,932 25 1,365 - 4 May 1,984 26 1,480 - 5 May 2,060 26 1,508 - 6 May 2,127 28 1,536 - 7 May 2,204 28 1,551 - 10 May 2,519 32 1,650 - Page 2 of 7 11 May 2,589 32 1,680 - 12 May 2,694 33 1,735 - 13 May 2,758 35 1,789 - Table 1: Number of confirmed cases, deaths, recovered cases, people in the quarantine facilities due to COVID-19 in Azerbaijan • Government of Azerbaijan provides more disaggregation of cases: - Baku – 47.5%; Ganja-Gazakh – 13.6%; Aran – 10.2%; Lankaran – 9.4%; Absheron – 5.5%; Guba-Khachmaz – 1.8%; Shaki- Zagatala – 1.0%; Mountainous Shirvan – 1.0%; Upper Garabagh – 0.8%; and Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic – 0.2%. The share of imported cases stands at 9.1%; - Distribution of the COVID-19 cases by gender: women – 57%; men – 43%; - Fatality rate by age groups: 40-49 - 3%; 50-59 - 23%; 60-69 - 42%; 70 -79 - 19%; 80 and older - 13%. • Starting from 5 May, a gradual lifting of the special quarantine regime was applied including resumption of services on the Baku Metro from 9 May. • Azerbaijan opened the first modular hospital on 7 May. The 3000-square-metre complex consists of three buildings, 100 wards, and 200 beds. The country plans to open five more modular hospitals by the end of May, and another four by the end of June. Another face mask factory and protective coverall plant opened on 12 May. The factory will have an initial daily production capacity of 140,000 disposable masks. Extra equipment will be installed by the end of May, allowing and increase in production capacity to 300,000 masks per day and 6,000 disposable protective coveralls. • The Ministry of Education announced on 7 May that final exam of the 11th grade is planned in June and all exams will be organised in line with the health and hygiene regulations – a maximum 15 persons per exam hall and one person per desk. The State kindergartens are not planned to open in the summer months. • Measures on social protection of the population in connection with the pandemic covered more than 4.8 million citizens through through the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population, which exceeds 48 per cent of the country's population, according to the Minister. UNICEF PROGRAMME RESPONSE RISK COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (RCCE) • During the reporting period, UNICEF Azerbaijan continued its joint campaign for young people with the Youth Foundation on social media, focusing on staying healthy while at home, with a series of posts on yoga, simple physical exercises and, art. “Stay home, stay healthy!” materials can be accessed here. The total reach of the assets was 353,000 people with views of 119,000. • At the same time, a series of new assets was developed within the risk communication campaign supported by USAID: Exercise video at the enchanted forest for kids; Hand-washing song for kids; Myth-busters. The overall reach as of 14 May was 140,473. • A second round (154,550 copies) of COVID-19 risk communication materials was produced, with volunteers started distributing 6,000 copies distribute) to the general public, vulnerable groups such as internally displaced persons, people aged over 60 years, and hard to reach communities, answering questions about the materials and receiving feedback from the communities. 70 posters and 4,780 leaflets and brochures were distributed by 50 young volunteers among 1,790 families in Narimanov and Azizbekov districts of Baku, Ganja, Goranboy and settlements for internally displaced persons from Kalbajar District, in partnership with the Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society. • UNICEF’s partner Regional Development Public Union (RiiB) started its second online training session, with 5,787 people engaged including 627 volunteers mobilized for awareness-raising activities intended to reach the public and vulnerable groups. ENGAGING ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE • 14,744 young people were reached online with COVID-19 risk communication messages through UNICEF partners, including cross- country networks of Youth Houses and Youth Development and Career Centres, the National Assembly of Youth Organisations (NAYORA), Junior Achievement Azerbaijan Public Union (JAA), the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) – 9,668 through Facebook and 5,076 through Instagram. • In parallel, a set of 10 video assets was produced by the Azerbaijan Youth Foundation with the support of UNICEF. • UNICEF continued developing a series of interactive webinars on Basic Life Skills (BLS Remote) based on its face-to-face regular 16-lesson programme for the cross-country network of Youth Houses. The BLS Remote programme focuses on how to stay in good mental health. The adapted online version consists of six interactive webinars focusing on selected topics addressing Page 3 of 7 adolescents’ mental health during periods of isolation, uncertainty, stress and instability.
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