UZBEKISTAN COVID-19 SITUATION REPORT 15 JULY 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: 14,085

Total Recovered: 8327

Daily new cases: 494

Total Deaths: 67

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HIGHLIGHTS

• City Districts launches 24/7 hotline • New record number of daily new cases reached on 13 July (+594)

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UPDATE Cases by regions as of 14 July:

Tashkent: 10,234 (+355) Khorezm: 330 Samarkand: 657 (+52) Karakalpakstan: 235 (+6) Bukhara: 591 Surkhandarya: 208 (+27) Namangan: 441 (+15) Fergana: 176 Kashkadarya: 397 (+21) Jizzakh: 75 (+3) Andijan: 384 Syrdarya – all patients have Navoiy: 357 (+15) been transported to Tashkent

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.

SITREP CONTACT: To subscribe to or unsubscribe from this Sitrep, UN Office of the Resident Coordinator please click here. Seraina Petersen ([email protected]) UZBEKISTAN COVID-19 RESPONSE Situation Report | 15 July 2020 Epidemiological update (cont’d) • District: 71 289 61 15 • Of the 494 new cases confirmed on 14 July, 303 were • District: 71 208 54 42 identified in quarantine facilities, and 191 were • Shaykhontohur District: 71 208 70 11 detected among the population: 186 in Tashkent (City • As of 14 July, 55,657 persons are quarantined at home and region), three in Jizzakh and two in Namangan and 22,585 are in official quarantine facilities. Of the (Ministry of Health on coronavirus.uz and gazeta.uz). 5,898 patients being treated for COVID-19 as of 10:00 • Of the 594 new cases confirmed on 13 July, 272 were on 15 July, 51 are in serious condition and six are in identified in quarantine facilities, and 322 were extremely serious condition (gazeta.uz, gazeta.uz). detected among the population: 302 in Tashkent (City • Republican Clinical Hospital No. 1 redesigned for and region), nine in Navoiy, seven in Fergana and four COVID-19. This was announced by Khabibulla Akilov in Namangan (Ministry of Health on coronavirus.uz). from the Headquarters for the fight against COVID-19 This chart displays the total number of daily new cases, (gazeta.uz).

HEALTH RESPONSE Health Capacity-Building • WHO Country Office is providing support to the Ministry of Health (MOH) in forecasting the required medical supplies, based on the WHO Essential Forecasting Tool. This enables the forecasting of required amounts of medical equipment, consumables and human resources.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSE PRIORITIES disaggregated by cases reported to have been discovered Protection and Key Populations among the population and those reported in quarantine zones or in incoming truck drivers. Numbers correspond to • On 14 July, a national dialogue on Human Rights those reported by the Ministry of Health on coronavirus.uz protection in the context of restrictions introduced from 31 May. during COVID-19, with a focus on quarantine facilities, was held. The dialogue was co-organized by the Latest National COVID-19 Response News National Human Rights Center, the UN and the OSCE • The Ministry of Health has published lists per region of Project Co-Ordinator’s Office. Speakers included senior laboratories conducting COVID-19 tests and officials from the General Prosecutor’s Office, the corresponding phone numbers. The information of Ministries of Justice and Health, and civil society laboratories in Tashkent, Jizzakh, Bukhara, and Andijan representatives. In addition, the Vice-Chair of the UN regions, as well as in Karakalpakstan, are available here. Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and an expert of OHCHR Geneva provided expert insights and • 24/7 hotlines established for Tashkent City districts recommendations. A representative of WHO Regional (for general questions from the population). See Office presented an overview of best practices on https://coronavirus.uz/uz/lists/index/1/12. quarantine arrangements. Participants, which included • and District: 71 289 52 33 Government officials, parliamentarians, diplomats and • District: 71 208 72 23 members of civil society, discussed lessons from • District: 71 208 72 55 Uzbekistan’s experience and priorities for enhancing the • District: 71 289 49 98 conditions in quarantine zones and the protection of • District: 71 289 73 32 the rights of people held there. These will be reflected • District: 71 289 73 27 in a roadmap to be developed by the UN Task Force on • District: 71 289 52 88 Protection and Key Populations. See also: uzdaily.com.

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