That said, less than one percent of the population has been fully vaccinated so far, and Afghanistan is facing a vaccine shortage after a large shipment has been delayed significantly. Vaccination of another 28 percent of population is expected to be funded by World Bank and ADB grants. The COVAX facility aims to provide vaccines covering 20 percent of the population, with the first shipments of 468,000 doses delivered in early March. Inoculations using 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine donated by India started in February. Essential workers and groups prioritized by the National Technical Committee based on their vulnerability to COVID-19 will be vaccinated first. The authorities aim to vaccinate 60 percent of the population. In consultation with the neighboring countries, they have also halted the movement of people across borders while keeping them open to trade and cargo transit. In response, the authorities have closed schools until further notice and are trying to speed up vaccinations. Almost a third of the individuals tested recently had the infection. Schools reopened on February 28, and universities resumed in person instruction in early March 2021.Īfghanistan is currently going through a severe third wave of infections, with the number of cases and deaths topping the peaks of the first wave a year ago. Afghanistan experienced a relatively moderate second wave of infections during November-December 2020 with infections declining since early 2021. It imposed countrywide lockdown in late March 2020, which was subsequently extended twice. As the infection spread, the government tightened containment measures, including introducing screening at ports of entry, quarantine for infected people, and closure of public places for gathering. Afghanistan reported its first COVID-19 case on February 24, 2020. The tracker includes information that is publicly available or provided by the authorities to country teams and does not represent views of the IMF on the measures listed.īack to Top Afghanistan, Islamic Republic ofīackground. Adding up the different measures-tax and spending, loans and guarantees, monetary instruments, and foreign exchange operations-might not provide an accurate estimate of the aggregate policy support. The information included is not meant for comparison across members as responses vary depending on the nature of the shock and country-specific circumstances. NOTE: The tracker focuses on discretionary actions and might not fully reflect the policies taken by countries in response to COVID-19, such as automatic insurance mechanisms and existing social safety nets which differ across countries in their breadth and scope.
This policy tracker summarizes the key economic responses governments are taking to limit the human and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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