COVID-19 Situation Report No. 11 for UNFPA Asia and Pacific

Resource date: Dec 2020

Publisher: UNFPA APRO

With over 10.5 million confirmed cases, India continues to have the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the region and the second highest globally. Whereas transmission has reduced over the last few months, India still sees a significant number of daily new cases.
The pandemic continues to spread across other countries in Asia and the Pacific. Iran and Indonesia are still seeing 5,000-8,000 new cases per day, followed by Pakistan and Malaysia, which each had around 2,000 new cases per day in December.
In the past month, Thailand saw a sudden increase of cases following months with limited local transmission.
Among the countries in the Pacific covered by UNFPA, COVID-19 has now been confirmed in Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Marshall Islands.

233,952 people trained on sexual and reproductive health (SRH), including the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for SRH in emergencies.
19,940 people trained on gender-based violence (GBV), including areas such as clinical management of rape.
4,307 youth facilitators, peers and volunteers trained on SRH and GBV.
More than 43 million people reached with SRH/GBV information and awareness activities across the region.
At least 1,794,611 women of reproductive age reached with SRH services across the region.

* Figures for December 2020 are currently being finalized.