UZBEKISTAN COVID-19 SITUATION REPORT 20 MAY 2021 (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: 97,543

Total Recovered: 93, 071

Total Deaths: 676

Daily new cases: 263

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HIGHLIGHTS • Special Republican Commission is planning to announce the start of national mass vaccination against COVID-19 for people under 65.

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UPDATE Cumulative cases by regions as of 19 May 2021: City: 57,362 (+120) Syrdarya: 1,515 (+5) Tashkent region: 18,359 (+44) Surkhandarya: 1,284 (+1) : 4,508 (+30) Khorezm: 1,203 (+9) : 2,964 (+6) Karakalpakstan: 1,1134 (+11) : 2,572 (+5) : 1,110 (+6) Kashkadarya: 1,793 (+4) : 1,148 (+1`) : 1,782 (+8) : 809 (+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 19 May 2021.

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Epidemiological update (cont’d): New cases by region Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health • 13 May: +291. Tashkent City +124; Tashkent region (podrobno.uz). +68; Samarkand +26; Fergana +20; Karakalpakstan +8; • A new batch of 500,000 doses of Sino-Uzbek COVID- Khorezm +8; Andijan +7; Bukhara +7; Namangan +6; 19 vaccine was delivered on 19 May, making a total Syrdarya +6; Kashkadarya +5; Jizzakh +3; Navoiy +2; of 3.5 million doses of this vaccine delivered to the Surkhandarya +1. country over the past few months. Earlier Uzbekistan • 14 May: +251. Tashkent City +168; Tashkent region has also received 660,000 doses of AstraZeneca and +28; Samarkand +26; Khorezm +6; Karakalpakstan +5; 100,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines (gazeta.uz). Andijan +5; Syrdarya +5; Jizzakh +3; Bukhara +2; • Special Republican Commission extended permission Navoiy +2; Surkhandarya +1. for private medical institution to provide medical • 15 May: +302. Tashkent City +131; Samarkand +73; services to patients with COVID-19 until the end of Tashkent region +38; Khorezm +11; Fergana +9; the year. Provision of medical services must be done Syrdarya +7; Karakalpakstan +7; Bukhara +7; in accordance with MoH requirements (gazeta.uz). Namangan +6; Jizzakh +6; Andijan +5; Surkhandarya +2. HEALTH RESPONSE • 16 May: +223. Tashkent City +107; Tashkent region Health Capacity-Building +42; Samarkand +23; Karakalpakstan +13; Namangan • WHO Regional Office organized a Public Health Lab +8; Andijan +6; Syrdarya +6; Fergana +5; Bukhara +3; webinar on “Implementation of SARS-CoV-2 Ag-RDT Kashkadarya +3; Jizzakh +2; Navoiy +2; Khorezm +2; – integration of testing strategies and roll out of Surkhandarya +1. training and tests” on 19 May. Participants from • 17 May: +175. Tashkent City +107; Samarkand +20; Uzbekistan took part in the webinar. Kashkadarya +14; Tashkent region +10; Andijan +6; Bukhara +6; Namangan +5; Navoiy +3; Khorezm +2; Health Procurement & Supply Chain Karakalpakstan +1; Fergana +1. • UNOPS delivered life-saving medical equipment and • 18 May: +212. Tashkent City +113; Tashkent region consumables such as digital immunoassay analyzers, +37; Samarkand +29; Jizzakh +9; Karakalpakstan +4; rapid RT-PCR systems, tablets to monitor patients’ Bukhara +4; Syrdarya +4; Andijan +3; Kashkadarya +3; condition, COVID-19 kits, influenza test kits, Namangan +3; Navoiy +2; Surkhandarya +1. consumables for various VITEK medical equipment, • 19 May: +263. Tashkent City +120; Tashkent region and PPEs in Tashkent and from 19 April to 11 +44; Samarkand +30; Karakalpakstan +11; Fergana +11; May. An official ceremony was held in the National Khorezm +9; Bukhara +8; Jizzakh +6; Namangan +6; Children’s Medical Center on 12 May to hand over the Andijan +5; Syrdarya +5; Kashkadarya +4; Navoiy +3; equipment and supplies which were donated on Surkhandarya +1. behalf of the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). UNOPS will continue to provide (MoH on coronavirus.uz and via Public Relations Dept). critical equipment and supplies across the country in

the coming to help Uzbekistan's efforts to Latest National COVID-19 Response News tackle COVID-19 pandemic, as well as deliver training • As of 19 May, 3796 patients are being treated in and webinars to the relevant medical workers through medical institutions (MoH on coronavirus.uz and via the appropriate partners. Public Relations Dept). • Special Republican Commission is planning to announce the start of national mass vaccination

against COVID-19 for people under 65 years old

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