Abstract
Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine Immunization Coverage—Afghanistan, 2020
Highlights
The COVID-19 pandemic has been declared the worst public health crisis in the world, with over 50 million global confirmed cases and 1,256,869 global deaths across 214 countries and territories as of November 9, 2020
Population-based seroepidemiological study that the Ministry of Public Health conducted on July in 9 regions of Afghanistan, around 10 million people were affected by COVID-19
As per our review on the routine immunization coverage for Pakistan, the first case of COVID-19 in Pakistan was reported on February 26, 2020, and Pakistan reported 344,839 confirmed cases and 6977 deaths as of November 9, 2020
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has been declared the worst public health crisis in the world, with over 50 million global confirmed cases and 1,256,869 global deaths across 214 countries and territories as of November 9, 2020. Despite the lockdown of cities, health service delivery remains open in Afghanistan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Population-based seroepidemiological study that the Ministry of Public Health conducted on July in 9 regions of Afghanistan, around 10 million people were affected by COVID-19. The east region had the second highest proportion of COVID-19–positive infections, which was 43% (Ministry of Public Health, 2020). As per our review on the routine immunization coverage for Pakistan, the first case of COVID-19 in Pakistan was reported on February 26, 2020, and Pakistan reported 344,839 confirmed cases and 6977 deaths as of November 9, 2020. The immunization uptake dropped by more than half during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan (GAVI, 2020)
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