UZBEKISTAN COVID-19 SITUATION REPORT 18 SEPTEMBER 2020 (DATA AS AT 11PM, PREVIOUS DAY)

This Sitrep outlines current information on the COVID-19 outbreak in , and summarizes international partners’ support to the national response effort.

Total Cases: 49,761

Total Recovered: 46,092

Daily new cases: 599

Total Deaths: 415

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HIGHLIGHTS • Uzbekistan lifts a number of restrictions on entry and exit by air, rail and road from 1 October

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UPDATE Cumulative cases by regions as of 17 September:

Tashkent City: 30,172 (+323) Syrdarya: 791 (+9) region: 9264 (+125) Surkhandarya: 672 (+6) Samarkand: 1989 (+11) Khorezm: 536 (+3) Andijan: 1377 (+14) : 519 Bukhara: 1104 : 480 Namangan: 1255 (+94) Fergana: 372 (+7) Kashkadarya: 1056 (+7) Jizzakh: 174

Number of active cases by regions as of 17 September (cumulative cases minus recoveries and deceased):

Tashkent City: 2028 (↓) Bukhara: 38 (↓) : 492 (↑) Khorezm: 37 (↓) This chart shows the daily increase in confirmed new cases, as Namangan: 209 (↑) Surkhandarya: 28 (↑) well as a 5-day moving average which helps smooth out the Samarkand: 131 (↑) Jizzakh: 21 (=) ‘noise’ from short-term fluctuations by averaging the data from Andijan: 109 (↓) Karakalpakstan: 18 (=) the last five days reported. Kashkadarya: 72 (↑) Fergana: 12 (↑) Syrdarya: 48 (↑) Navoiy: 12 (↑)

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Epidemiological update (cont’d)

Latest National COVID-19 Response News • As of 17 September, 3,254 patients are being treated in medical institutions, of whom 478 are in serious condition and 269 are in extremely serious condition (gazeta.uz). • Ministry of Health reported the death of an 11-year-old boy from coronavirus in Bostanlyk district of Tashkent region (kun.uz) • From October 1, Uzbekistan will lift a number of restrictions on entry and exit by air, rail and road in compliance with quarantine and sanitary and hygienic rules (gazeta.uz).

These maps, designed by UN online volunteers, visualize data as • The procedure for entering Uzbekistan by air, rail and

of 13 September 2020. road has been clarified with an updated list of countries classified by “green”, “yellow” and “red” zones • Of the 599 new cases confirmed on 17 September, 323 (gazeta.uz). were detected in Tashkent City, 125 in Tashkent region, 94 in Namangan, 14 in Andijan, 11 in • Another school in Tashkent has been closed for Samarkand, nine in Syrdarya, seven in Fergana, seven quarantine due to COVID-19. Starting from 17 in Kashkadarya, six in Surkhandarya, and three in September, studies were suspended at school No. 59 of Khorezm (MoH on coronavirus.uz). the Shaikhantakhur region. Previously in the same area two more schools (No. 40 and 262) were also closed for • Of the 597 new cases confirmed on 16 September, 310 the same reason (podrobno.uz). were detected in Tashkent City, 126 in Tashkent region, 92 in Namangan, 19 in Syrdarya, 14 in • Only 25.5% of schools in Uzbekistan (2550 out of 9986) Bukhara, 10 in Kashkadarya, nine in Samarkand, seven resumed the school year in a traditional manner. Most in Surkhandarya, five in Andijan, three in schools were opened in Navoiy region (80.5%), the least Karakalpakstan, and two in Navoiy (MoH on - in Samarkand (5.1%) (gazeta.uz). coronavirus.uz). HEALTH RESPONSE Health Capacity-Building The following chart displays the total number of daily new cases, disaggregated by cases reported among the population or (since • WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific in 17 July) ‘in contact with the sick or had a fever’, and those collaboration with the International Atomic Energy reported in quarantine zones or incoming truck drivers, as Agency (IAEA) is organizing a series of webinars on reported by Ministry of Health on coronavirus.uz from 31 May. “hot” topics that may present challenges in

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laboratories testing for COVID-19 (recording of the Gijduvan and Kagan) and included participation from 35 webinars is via following link). law enforcement bodies working on women issues and Health Other 21 staff of rehabilitation centers/shelters. • On 15 September online trainings were launched to • The UNFPA-supported Telegram Channel “No to increase awareness of teenagers on health issues Violence” published a summary of from January - during COVID-19 for 200 teachers of secondary schools, August 2020 that it received 4847 appeals for help for colleges and academic lyceums in Karakalpakstan under which 4780 protection orders were issued. The largest the UNDP-UNFPA Joint Programme “Building the number of crimes and offenses against women were Resilience of Local Communities Against Health, associated with physical abuse (2421 cases) and Environmental and Economic Insecurities in the Aral Sea psychological abuse (1946 cases) violence, and majority Region” funded by the Government of Japan. The of GBV cases occurred in Tashkent city (966 cases), trainings are dedicated to the effective use of the Ferghana province (560 cases) and Kashkadarya “Basics of a Healthy Lifestyle and Family” manual for province (502 cases). teachers which is translated into Russian and Socio-Economic Mitigation Karakalpak and includes updates to the legal framework • On 17 September, with support from the UN COVID-19 in the field of healthy lifestyle, reproductive health and Response and Recovery Fund, UNDP with the World rights issues, prevention of HIV/AIDS and STIs, and Bank and the Ministry for Development of Information health protection during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is Technologies and Communications hosted a round- expected that teachers will contribute to the increase of table discussion “Unlocking the Potential of teenagers’ knowledge of healthy lifestyles. Trainings will Digitalization in Uzbekistan Amidst a Global Health and be conducted until October 9, 2020. Socio-economic Crisis”. Bringing together specialists and experts of national and international digital industries, the online event resulted in number of ADDITIONAL RESPONSE PRIORITIES recommendations for accelerating inclusive digital Protection of Key Population transformation in Uzbekistan. • UNFPA in collaboration with the Commission on • On 16 September, UNDP partnered with the Senate of Ensuring Gender Equality of the Republic of Uzbekistan the Oliy Majlis and the University of World Economy has established a working group to start preparations and Diplomacy to organize an international conference for conducting a national survey on gender-based on “The Impact of the Pandemic on Central Asia: Initial violence prevalence to strengthen the response and Lessons, Coronacrisis and Prospects for monitoring during the pandemic. The working group Transformation”. The online event took stock of comprises the representatives of the Commission, practices of tackling the coronavirus infection in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Health, Ministry world and in Central Asia, discussed development of Mahalla and Family, State Committee on Statistics, strategies for the post-pandemic period, and produced Republican Rehabilitation Center and NGOs. a series of recommendations. • On 15 September UNFPA launched the pilot of the • UNDP conducted an information session for Standard Operational Procedures on Multi-sectoral prospective participants of the Start-up Challenge (the response to Gender-Based Violence in latest phase of the UNDP’s and Japanese Government’s with participation of the Khokim on issues of mahalla flagship initiative to improve livelihoods of the youth and family Mr. Jumaev, heads of regional branches of through entrepreneurism) in the Tashkent Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Health, Finance with over 130 participants from seven Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, State universities in Tashkent. Committee on Statistics, and Regional Rehabilitation • At global level, the United Nations issued an updated Center. The pilot covers three districts (Bukhara, and comprehensive overview of its response to COVID-

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19 over the last six months. The overview recounts the key guidance, lessons and support in the first six months of the pandemic – and points the way to the crucial

steps that must follow to save lives, protect societies

and recover better, leaving no one behind and addressing the very fragilities and gaps that made us so vulnerable in the first place. It also points the way toward addressing future shocks – above all from climate change – and toward overcoming the severe and systemic inequalities that have been so tragically

exposed and exacerbated by the pandemic. The full

report is annexed to this SitRep and can also be accessed online.

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