UZBEKISTAN COVID-19 SITUATION REPORT 30 NOVEMBER 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: 72,920

Total Recovered: 70,198

Total Deaths: 608 (=)

Daily new cases: 167

Global Info: Text “Hi” to +41 79 893 18 92 (WhatsApp) for the latest WHO global updates and statistics. National Hotline: 1003 / 103

HIGHLIGHTS • 1105 hotline discontinued, functions to be carried out by 1003 call centre

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UPDATE Cumulative cases by regions as of 29 November: City: 42,228 (+110) Syrdarya: 1254 : 14,708 (+40) Surkhandarya: 1040

Namangan: 2570 (+8) : 826 (+4) Samarkand: 2434 Khorezm: 758 Andijan: 2072 (+3) : 747 Kashkadarya: 1517 (+2) Fergana: 692 Bukhara: 1422 Navoiy: 652

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 29 November 2020.

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Epidemiological update (cont’d) HEALTH RESPONSE • Of the 167 new cases confirmed on 29 November, 110 Health Capacity-Building were detected in Tashkent City, 40 in Tashkent region, • From 24 to 26 November, WHO together with the MoH eight in Namangan, four in Karakalpakstan, three in organized a training course on Infection prevention Andijan and two in Kashkadarya (MoH via Public and control (IPC) in the context of COVID-19 for Relations Dept). general health care staff of . Over 100 • Of the 171 new cases confirmed on 28 November, 108 participants from different health care facilities joined were detected in Tashkent City, 36 in Tashkent region, the training to improve their knowledge of the main eight in Fergana, five in Namangan, three in Andijan, components and measures of IPC to be followed in three in Jizzakh, three in Kashkadarya, two in health care settings. The next IPC training course is Karakalpakstan, two in Surkhandarya and one in scheduled from 1 to 3 December for health care staff in Navoiy (MoH via Public Relations Dept). Jizzakh region. • Of the 173 new cases confirmed on 27 November, 102 were detected in Tashkent City, 47 in Tashkent region, Health Other eight in Bukhara, five in Andijan, five in Namangan, • On 17 November, Uzbekistan, as an eligible country for three in Jizzakh and three in Karakalpakstan (MoH via the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC), was Public Relations Dept). invited to submit its AMC Vaccine Request application. • Of the 182 new cases confirmed on 26 November, 125 The application consists of three parts: a request for were detected in Tashkent City, 41 in Tashkent region, technical assistance, a vaccine request form, and a seven in Kashkadarya, five in Namangan, two in request for catalytic support to meet the incremental Andijan and two in Jizzakh (MoH on coronavirus.uz and cold chain equipment needs associated with a COVID- via Public Relations Dept). 19 vaccine. The application for technical assistance was submitted on 27 November, requesting a total of USD Latest National COVID-19 Response News 249,238. WHO’s and UNICEF’s Vaccine Introduction Readiness Assessment Tool was used to outline the • As of 29 November, 2,114 patients are being treated in scope of activities which the country to prefers to fund medical institutions, of whom 192 are in serious through technical assistance from GAVI (The Vaccine condition and 44 are in critical condition (MoH via Alliance). Public Relations Dept).

• 1105 hotline for quarantined citizens or patients in

COVID-19 home treatment discontinued. The Ministry of Health as announced that the functions of the 1105 hotline will now be carried out by the 1003 call centre. The Ministry stated the reason to be a sharp decrease in number of requests received from patients, and a “slight stabilization of the COVID-19 epidemiological

situation” (gazeta.uz).

• Computer game centres to reopen from 1 December.

This decision was made by the Special Republican Commission to Combat COVID-19. Gaming centres can reopen if sanitary requirements are respected, including distance between tables and players, wearing masks

and gloves, and disinfection of tables and devices after

each visitor (gazeta.uz).

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