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COVID–19 Tajikistan Situation Report #19, 22 December 2020

19 January 2021

This report is produced by the Office of UN Resident Coordinator and OCHA HAT in collaboration with international partners. It covers the period of 12 November – 21 December 2020.

Tajikistan situation overview

As of 21 December 2020, the number of cumulative laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 has increased to a total of 12,998. During the reporting period, 5 new deaths attributed to COVID-19 were reported, bringing the total number to The Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MoHSP) reports that 12, 455 (95,8%) of infected people have recovered. Cases are being reported from all the regions of the country.
The crude cumulative incidence rate is 121.2 per 100,000 population and 8.9 deaths per 1,000,000
As of November 3, 2020 MoHSP has aligned to WHO recommendations and revised the COVID-19 case definition protocols, which recognize “probable” cases of COVID-19 based on WHO guidance “Public health surveillance for COVID-19”, 7 August 2020. The government, with the support of WHO, is now in the process of strengthening capacity to report based on these new With treatment of cases increasingly happening in primary health centers in districts and not in regional hospitals, WHO is providing training and laptops for PHC staff in districts to report based on these new definitions. The new reporting protocols should be fully implemented by the end of January 2020 and aggregated daily at the national level. In the meantime, the testing capacity is a significant bottleneck to reporting. While important progress has been made by increasing laboratories from 1 to 10 over past months, based on population size WHO estimates that 20-25 laboratories, test systems, reagents, consumables and materials, including trainings are needed to reach full capacity and calls on support of international partners in this regard.
The WHO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Dashboard provides aggregated (confirmed and probable) numbers of COVID -19 cases in Tajikistan since December 7, 2020 as per data available from the
On 9 December the Republic of Tajikistan became an eligible member of the COVAX Facility, and the government submitted a request for vaccine support. Currently a technical vaccine distribution plan is under development. MoHSP has established an inter-agency National Working Group on Country Preparedness for Introduction of Vaccine against COVID-19 within COVAX This Working Group has identified and prioritized target population for vaccination, which cover around 20% of population and includes health workers, elderly, persons with co morbidities and teachers with vaccine rollout planned tentatively sometime in Q1 2021.

No changes have been introduced to existing public health measures, which are limited to compulsory “mask regime” and social distancing in public places, as well as a ban for mass The ban on mass gatherings is enhanced by the decision of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on COVID-19 response taken on November 18, 2020 to cancel all mass celebrations of the New Year in public places.
In-country flights on the route Dushanbe-Khujand-Dushanbe have resumed as of November 29, 2020 and operated twice a
Outbound regular flights on the route Dubai-Dushanbe-Dubai and Istanbul-Dushanbe-Istanbul have been operational during the reporting period. Air connection with other countries, including Russian Federation is conducted through repatriation charter flights only. Railway routes remain open for
The border crossing points with neighboring countries remain closed for civilians and open for cargo import/export.
Markets have been fully operational and staple food commodities have been available in all monitored food markets during the reporting However, during the past reporting weeks prices for vegetable oil increased in most monitored market by a range of 6-16 percent. According to wholesale traders, this change in prices is partly due to depreciation of Tajik Somoni against US dollar and as a result of low supply of these commodities from exporting countries. For details, please refer to WFP Tajikistan-Market Situation Updates: 02-13 November 2020, 16-20 November 2020, and 23-27 November 2020

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