An officer of the Angren city police department, Bekzod Bobomirzaev, committed suicide in the building of the department, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

As part of the COVAX program, one of the vaccines recognized by the World Health Organization is expected to be delivered to Uzbekistan in August, announced Botir Qurbonov, deputy head of the Sanitary-Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Service.

The Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade S. Umurzakov hosted the Turkish Ambassador Olgan Bekar, and discussed the current state and prospects of bilateral trade, economic, investment, transport, logistics, cultural and humanitarian cooperation.

The Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov will pay a working visit to the United States from June 27 to July 4, announced the official representative of the Foreign Ministry, Yusup Kabulzhanov.

Voluntary vaccination against coronavirus of everyone over 18 years old begins in Tashkent, the press service of the Ministry of Health said.

The Republican Special Anti-Coronavirus Commission took a decision tightening the existing and adding new lockdown restrictions, the Ministry of Health said.

476 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Uzbekistan on June 24, (442 - a day earlier) and 2 deaths from complications caused from the disease, the Ministry of Health said.

At the sixteenth plenary session of the Senate on June 25, it was announced the creation of a Committee on Information Policy and Ensuring Openness in State Bodies, the press service of the Senate said.

The World Bank announced additional funding of US$ 19 million for the implementation of the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Program in the Aral Sea Basin.

Drills aimed at bringing troops to combat readiness began in the military districts of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry said in a statement.

Uzbekistan joins the Top 10 countries in the world for gold mining, the World Gold Council said. Uzbekistan significantly increased its output last year, from 94.6 tonnes in 2019 to 101.6 tonnes, the first time it’s exceeded 100 tonnes in one year.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan issued a statement on the situation in Uzbekistan. “Uzbekistan is closely watching the development of the military-political situation in Afghanistan, including in the bordering northern provinces,” the Foreign Ministry said. - The increase in violence in the neighboring country is of utmost concern. The escalation of tensions amid the new wave of the coronavirus pandemic is making life more difficult for the Afghan people.”

The Deputy PM/Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Sardor Umrzakov met with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Development Bank (EADB) Nikolai Podguzov in Moscow.

The Ministry of Justice, together with the Anti-Corruption Agency and a number of other departments, submitted for discussion the draft presidential  on anti-corruption decree and resolution.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed decree on June 23 creating New Uzbekistanuniversity in Tashkent. Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the presentation of the university on Wednesday, the presidential press service said.

The Delta (B.1.617.2) coronavirus variant has been confirmed in Uzbekistan, said Alisher Abdullayev, the Deputy Director of the Center for Advanced Technologies under the Ministry of Innovation.

On June 23, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, the presidential press service said.

The Council of the European Union has appointed Ambassador Terhi Hakala to serve as the EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Central Asia, starting on 1 July 2021.

On June 22, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov held a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Uzbekistan took a decision to join the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries (TURKPA), announced the first deputy speaker at the Senate Sodiq Safoev at a meeting with the delegation of TURKPA in Tashkent, the Anadolu reported.