Afghanistan: COVID-19 Multi-Sectoral Response Operational Situation Report, November 2020

Pages
10pp
Date published
12 Nov 2020
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Assessment & Analysis, Working in conflict setting, COVID-19, Epidemics & pandemics, Health, humanitarian action
Countries
Afghanistan
Organisations
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Link
https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/files/operational_sitrep_covid-19_12_n

This report is produced by OCHA Afghanistan in collaboration with humanitarian partners via clusters. It covers activities carried out between 12 October and 8 November 2020. 

HIGHLIGHTS

  • According to MOPH data as of 12 November, 42,795 people in Afghanistan have tested positive for COVID-19; 1,591 have died and 35,024 have recovered.
  • Since the start of March, partners have medically screened 519,023 people at points-of-entry, provided 301,126 people with psychosocial support to cope with the mental health effects of COVID-19 and distributed more than 5.1 million bars of soap in 349 districts across the country.
  • Since the start of the pandemic, almost 1.3 million PPE items have been delivered to the Ministry of Public Health and frontline NGO workers in Afghanistan.