Uzbekistan Covid-19 Situation Report 22 April 2021 (Data As at 11Pm, Previous Day)

UZBEKISTAN COVID-19 SITUATION REPORT 22 APRIL 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: 87,935

Total Recovered: 85,007

Total Deaths: 640

Daily new cases: 384

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HIGHLIGHTS

From 18 April, quarantine restrictions in Uzbekistan have been tightened.

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UPDATE Cumulative cases by regions as of 21 April: Tashkent City: 52,338 (+207) Syrdarya: 1,373 (+4) Tashkent region: 16,776 (+54) Surkhandarya: 1,185 (+8) Namangan: 2,813 (+5) Karakalpakstan: 989 (+12) Samarkand: 3,055 (+73) Khorezm: 1,043 (+3) Andijan: 2,417 (+5) Fergana: 949 (+2) Kashkadarya: 1,674 (+3) Jizzakh: 939 (+6) Bukhara: 1,649 (+2) Navoiy: 735

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 21 April 2021.

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Epidemiological update (cont’d): New cases by region connection with the spread of the "British" strain of coronavirus among young people. According to the • 15 April: +292. Tashkent City +206; Tashkent region Ministry of Internal Affairs, on April 16, 2000 mosques +37; Andijan +2; Bukhara +7; Jizzakh +2; Kashkadarya were visited by 800,000 people, 22 thousand of which +2; Fergana +2; Namangan +3; Samarkand +21; were minors. The Prime Minister stressed that this Syrdarya +3; Surkhandarya +5; Khorezm +2. recommendation should not be taken as a restriction • 16 April: +316. Tashkent City +227; Tashkent region on the right to freedom of opinion (gazeta.uz) +37; Karakalpakstan +3; Andijan +3; Bukhara +10; • The Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan said that Jizzakh +7; Namangan +3; Samarkand +20; Syrdarya today the Uzbek-Chinese drug Rutan is the only +3; Surkhandarya +2; Khorezm +1. effective drug against coronavirus. (podrobno.uz)

• 17 April: +342. Tashkent City +221; Tashkent region +50; Andijan +3; Bukhara +10; Jizzakh +8; Navoiy +2; Namangan +3; Samarkand +29; Surkhandarya +1; HEALTH RESPONSE Syrdarya +3; Fergana +4; Khorezm +1; Karakalpakstan Health Capacity-Building +7. • On 15 April, WHO organized a training session on • 18 April: +302. Tashkent City +206; Tashkent region submitting aggregate COVID-19 vaccination data to +59; Andijan +3; Bukhara +1; Jizzakh +6; Kashkadarya TESSy platform, enabling 2 dedicated focal points to +1; Navoiy +2; Namangan +3; Samarkand +18; enter the required data. Syrdarya +3. • On 23 April WHO marks the one-year anniversary of • 19 April: +243. Tashkent City +168; Tashkent region the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT). In +34; Karakalpakstan +4; Andijan +2; Bukhara +8; one year, the ACT Accelerator has made significant Navoiy +3; Namangan +4; Samarkand +13; Syrdarya strides in the development and equitable distribution +3; Surkhandarya +2; Khorezm +2. of millions of diagnostic kits, vaccines doses, and treatment for COVID-19. • 20 April: +326. Tashkent City +202; Tashkent region

+75; Karakalpakstan +5; Andijan +2; Bukhara +9; Jizzakh +6; Kashkadarya +2; Navoiy +1; Namangan +4; ADDITIONAL RESPONSE PRIORITIES Samarkand +15; Syrdaryda +2; Fergana +3. Risk Communication and Community Engagement

• 21 April: +384. Tashkent City +207; Tashkent region • Four Public Service Announcements (PSAs) were +54; Karakalpakstan +12; Andijan +5; Bukhara +2; produced by the WHO jointly with the Ministry of Khorezm +3; Kashkadarya +3; Fergana +2; Samarkand Health of Uzbekistan on protection measures +73; Syrdarya +4; Surkhandarya +8; Jizzakh +6; targeted towards the general public. PSAs are Namangan +5. broadcasting via MOH Telegram and national TV. (MoH on coronavirus.uz and via Public Relations Dept).

Latest National COVID-19 Response News • As of 21 April, 2288 patients are being treated in medical institutions, of whom 238 are in serious condition and 113 are in critical condition (MoH on

coronavirus.uz and via Public Relations Dept).

• From 18 April quarantine restrictions in Uzbekistan

have been tightened. (podrobno.uz)

• The Head of the SES recommended limiting visits to

mosques by persons over 65 and children in