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UZBEKISTAN COVID-19 SITUATION REPORT 27 MAY 2021 (DATA AS AT 11PM, PREVIOUS DAY) This Sitrep outlines current information on the COVID-19 outbreak in Uzbekistan, and summarizes international partners’ support to the national response effort. Total Cases: 99,344 Total Recovered: 94,952 Total Deaths: 685 Daily new cases: 280 Global Info: Text “Hi” to +41 79 893 18 92 (WhatsApp) for the latest WHO global updates and statistics. National Hotline: 1003 / 103 HIGHLIGHTS • More than 1.2 mln people were vaccinated in Uzbekistan against COVID-19. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UPDATE Cumulative cases by regions as of 26 May 2021: Tashkent City: 58,263 (+110) Syrdarya: 1,555 (+7) Tashkent region: 18,680 (+59) Surkhandarya: 1,292 (+1) Samarkand: 4,766 (+46) Khorezm: 1,226 (+9) Namangan: 2,986 (+6) Fergana: 1,199 (+13) Andijan: 2,606 (+4) Karakalpakstan: 1,182 (+8) Kashkadarya: 1,819 (+8) Jizzakh: 1,133 (+5) Bukhara: 1,800 (+1) Navoiy: 827 (+3) This chart shows the daily increase in confirmed new cases, as well as a 5-day moving average which helps smooth out the ‘noise’ from short-term fluctuations by averaging the data from the last five days reported. This map visualizes data as of 26 May 2021. SITREP CONTACT: To subscribe to or unsubscribe from this Sitrep, UN Office of the Resident Coordinator please click here. Liya Khalikova ([email protected]) UZBEKISTAN COVID-19 RESPONSE Situation Report | 27 May 2021 Epidemiological update (cont’d): New cases by region on the Protection of Citizens' Health (podrobno.uz). • 20 May: +313. Tashkent City +176; Tashkent region • 1,212,597 people have been vaccinated against +47; Samarkand +36; Karakalpakstan +14; Andijan +7; COVID-19 in Uzbekistan, with 470,000 people Namangan +6; Syrdarya +6; Fergana +6; Bukhara +5; receiving both doses of the vaccine. Of those, 62.5% Jizzakh +3; Kashkadarya +3; Navoiy +3; Khorezm +1. received the Sino-Uzbek vaccine, 34% the AstraZeneca • 21 May: +308. Tashkent City +172; Tashkent region vaccine, and 3.5% the Sputnik V vaccine. (kun.uz). +49; Samarkand +38; Fergana +11; Karakalpakstan +6; HEALTH RESPONSE Namangan +6; Andijan +5; Syrdarya +5; Jizzakh +4; Health Capacity-Building Kashkadarya +3; Navoiy +3; Khorezm +3; Bukhara +2; • WHO Regional Office for Europe with ECDC Surkhandarya +1. conducted an online conference on COVID-19 sero- • 22 May: +287. Tashkent City +136; Tashkent region epidemiological studies on 27 May. The meeting +60; Samarkand 43; Namangan +8; Syrdarya +7; focused on the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV2 Andijan +6; Fergana +6; Khorezm +5; Bukhara +4; antibodies in Georgia and experiences from the Kashkadarya +4; Jizzakh +4: Navoiy+2; Surkhandarya European Sero-Epidemiology Network. +2; Karakalpakstan +1. • 23 May: +206. Tashkent City +96; Tashkent region +42; ADDITIONAL RESPONSE PRIORITIES Samarkand +25; Karakalpakstan +12; Fergana +8; Socio-Economic Mitigation Andijan +6; Bukhara +4; Jizzakh +4; Syrdarya +4; • UNDP launched a project called “Adapting Navoiy +2; Namangan +2; Kashkadarya +1. population skills” to support economic recovery in • 24 May: +292. Tashkent City +107; Tashkent region Fergana valley with the support from the +26; Samarkand +24; Kashkadarya +7; Syrdarya +6; Government of Russia and in partnership with the Andijan +5; Karakalpakstan +4; Fergana +3; Khorezm Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations. This +3; Surkhandarya +3; Navoiy +2; Bukhara +1; Jizzakh project, which will provide training to individuals in +1. informal employment, returning labour migrants and • 25 May: +215. Tashkent City +104; Samarkand +46; other vulnerable persons, will focus technical and Tashkent region +38; Syrdarya +5; Fergana +4; digital skills, and competencies for future demand. Namangan +4; Jizzakh +3; Karakalpakstan +3; Navoiy • With support from the Governments of Russia and +3; Khorezm +2; Andijan +1; Bukhara +1; Surkhandarya Japan and in partnership with the Ministry of +1 Employment and Labour Relations, UNDP delivered • 26 May: +280. Tashkent City +110; Tashkent region equipment to entrepreneurs who suffered from the +59; Samarkand +46; Fergana +13; Khorezm +9; pandemic in Namangan and Andijan regions. This Karakalpakstan +8; Kashkadarya +8; Syrdarya +7; equipment will help establish new jobs for women Namangan +6; Jizzakh +5; Andijan +4; Navoiy +3; and youth as well as professional education Bukhara +1; Surkhandarya +1. opportunities. (MoH on coronavirus.uz and via Public Relations Dept). • With support from the Governments of Russia and Japan and in partnership with the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Uzbekistan, UNDP launched a lemon Latest National COVID-19 Response News growing and an agrometeorological station in the • As of 26 May, 3707 patients are being treated in Yangikurgan district and opened a cold storage in the medical institutions (MoH on coronavirus.uz and via Chartak district of the Namangan region. Collectively, Public Relations Dept). these initiatives will contribute to improving agriculture • The Ministry of Innovation reassured citizens that value chains for better crops and support post- vaccination against COVID-19 can’t be done against pandemic recovery. someone’s will, referring to the Article 26 of the Law 2 .