Currently, only a certain category of citizens is required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Uzbekistan. The Deputy PM/Minister of Tourism and Sports Aziz Abdukhakimov chaired a meeting dedicated to measures aimed at ensuring sanitary and epidemiological well-being, in particular, vaccination.

President’s Joining International Treaty Decree was adopted. According to the document, Uzbekistan joined the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access for the Blind and Persons with Visual Impairments or Other Disabilities to Perceive Printed Information (June 27, 2013, Marrakesh).

On January 12, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov had a telephone conversation with the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu.

The Director of the Mano Center for Research Initiatives Bakhtiyor Ergashev told how Uzbekistan can painlessly solve the problem of returning planes and helicopters to the Taliban.

In January-November 2021, Uzbekistan imported 23.2 thousand tons of sugar worth $ 13 million from 12 foreign countries, the State Statistics Committee said in a report.

Officials of the Samarkand province transport authority spoke about the prospects for switch to new transport infrastructure at a press conference, the local newspaper Samtur reports.

Uzbekistan Airports has begun a phased introduction of a new passenger and baggage check-in system - Astra DCS, the company said on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, 604 new coronavirus cases were detected in Uzbekistan, which is by 179 more than the previous day (425). The press service of the Ministry of Health said: "The situation is becoming alarming."

Acting Defense Minister Mawlawi Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid on Tuesday at a ceremony in Kabul, during which the air force held an exercise, said the military aircraft that were taken abroad should be returned.

On January 11, the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov congratulated Alikhan Smailov on his appointment to the post of Prime Minister of Kazakhstan in a telephone call.

The net profit of Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Kombinat (NMMC) in 2021 is expected at 11.3 trillion soums, or US$ 1.04 billion, the company said in a report.

As of January 1, 2022, Uzbekistan’s permanent population stands at 35,271,276, the State Statistics Committee said in a report on Monday.

On January 11, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov attended the extraordinary meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in a conference call format.

A government decree was issued on measures to further improve the activities of the republican center of forensic examination named after Kh. Suleimanova under the Ministry of Justice and advancing expertise in the field of forensic medical examination.

At an extraordinary session, MPs of the Legislative Chamber approved the zeroing of VAT for meat and butter imports. As reported earlier the government submitted to parliament a bill to extend the validity of VAT waiver for meat, potatoes and other food products, which in particular proposed to extend the VAT reliefs on imported, produced and sold basic food products until April 30, 2022.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan on Monday stood at 425, which is by 36 more than a day earlier (389), the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.

On January 10, 2022, the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov had a telephone conversation with the Turkmen Deputy PM/Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov.

A 57-year-old man with life-threatening heart disease has received a heart from a genetically modified pig, a groundbreaking procedure that offers hope to hundreds of thousands of patients with failing organs.

On January 10, another telephone conversation took place between the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the presidential press service said in a statement.

In Uzbekistan, it is not planned to introduce strict lockdown measures due to the detection of the omicron strain and the spike in the cases, announced first deputy of the Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Service Kholmamat Norboyev at a press conference.