272 coronavirus cases were officially confirmed in Uzbekistan on February 17, the Ministry of Health said. 107 cases were detected in Tashkent city, 49 cases were confirmed in Tashkent province.

Fazliddin Umarov was appointed Samarkand city mayor at an extraordinary session of the city council of people's deputies on Thursday, the provincial governor’s office said in a statement.

The Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction (MEDPR) of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the World Bank, and the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC) held today the last meeting in a series of 11 policy dialogue roundtables on Green Growth and Climate Change. The event focused on the development of a strategic framework to accelerate Uzbekistan on a path to green transition.

On February 17, President chaired a government meeting on the further improvement of customs administration in 2022 and the goals for transforming the area into a corruption-free system.

Rising star Nodirbek Abdusattorov will face Anish Giri and Levon Aronian in first rounds of the $150,000 Airthings Masters online rapid chess tournament beginning on Saturday.

Japanese Ambassador to Uzbekistan Yoshinori Fujiyama and Regional Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ashita Mittal on February 17 in Tashkent signed exchange notes worth a total of 471 million yen (about $4.1 million) under the project “Expanding cross-border cooperation within the region by strengthening the functions of the Border Cooperation Offices in Central Asia”, the Japanese Embassy to Uzbekistan said in a statement.

On February 17, the UNICEF delivered 2,822,400 doses of Moderna vaccine to Uzbekistan as part of the COVAX program, bringing the total number of COVID-19 vaccines donated to Uzbekistan to 12.7 million doses worth a total of $97.4 million, the UNICEF office in Uzbekistan reported.

A gold mine of 1,643 hectares between the mountains in Urgut district has been put up for sale. The Kyzylturik gold deposit, located in the Zarafshan-Gissar mountain range, 35 kilometers from Urgut city, has been put up for sale with a starting price of 23 billion 651 million soums, or US$ 2.1 million.

On February 16, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to establish protected natural areas Resolution. As per the document, Central Kyzylkum natural park on a total area of ​​1.2 million hectares will be formed in the Uchkuduk district of the Navoi province, and Aktau-Tamdy state reserve in the Tamdy district on a total area of ​​40,000 hectares.

241 coronavirus cases were officially confirmed in Uzbekistan on February 16, the Ministry of Health said. 94 cases were detected in Tashkent city, 60 cases were confirmed in Tashkent province.

On February 15, the President signed amendments to the Code of Administrative Responsibility. The document was published by the Xalq So'zi (People's Word) newspaper on February 16 to take immediate effect.

President’s draft Ratification of an International Treaty decree on the agreement between Uzbekistan and Russia on early reporting of a nuclear accident and the exchange of information in the field of nuclear and radiation safety has been announced.

The Ukrainian portal of governmental services Diia experienced a powerful DDoS attack, the initial vector of which came from Russia and China, said the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov.

Mirishkor district man, detained by police officers, died the next day in the hospital. The provincial prosecutor's office is conducting a pre-investigation probe, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement.

According to the latest data on the platform E-auksion.uz, the Anhor Lokomotiv Park in Tashkent has been put up for sale. The initial cost of the park, located on Labzak Street in Shayhantahur district, is 376 billion 485 million soums, or US$ 34.5 million. The auction will start on March 18.

UNICEF donated over $500,000 worth of equipment to the government of Uzbekistan to equip vaccine warehouses. 118 freezers capable of storing vaccines such as Moderna and Pfizer at a very low temperature, as well as 7,000 thermal bags for transporting vaccines and personal protective equipment for health workers were donated to the Republican Vaccine Warehouse.

The former manager of Bukhara province branch of Asakabank and the head of Internal Audit Service of the head office were placed on the wanted list, UzA said. Reportedly, having colluded with a group of persons, they caused serious damage to the interests of the state and the bank.

The Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov held talks the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala via conference call.

7 billion soums worth of 3,530 license plates were sold at an online auction from 7 to 13 February. As reported earlier, the lowest price of license plates sold in 2021 - 450.5 thousand soums (40 USD), and the most expensive license plate - 441.5 million soums, or 41 thousand USD.

302 coronavirus cases were officially confirmed in Uzbekistan on February 14, the Ministry of Health said. 152 cases were detected in Tashkent city, 54 cases were confirmed in Tashkent province.