The World Health Network (WHN) today announced that they are declaring the current monkeypox outbreak a pandemic given that there are now 3,417 confirmed Monkeypox cases reported across 58 countries and the outbreak is rapidly expanding across multiple continents. The outbreak will not stop without concerted global action.

On June 20, a meeting was held at the Consular and Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan with Oleg Kostyuk, Advisor to the Representative Office of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Passport and Visa Service" of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Uzbekistan, Dunyo reported.

Pop singer Yuri Shatunov, who was wildly popular in the 1980s and 1990s, died Wednesday at the age of 48. "Last night Yuri's heart stopped in an ambulance," said Shatunov’s manager, Arkady Kudryashov, the state-run news agency TASS reported. 

Deputy director of Samarkand Scientific Center for Emergency Medical Aid (RSCEMC) was detained while receiving 1,400 US dollars in bribe, the Department of the Prosecutor General's Office said.

The State Security Service detained eight officials - one former bank employee and seven employees of various enterprises and organizations - right at the meeting on countering corruption and embezzlement in the Surkhandarya province, UzA reported.

71% of the Uzbeks are engaged in physical exercises, the State Statistics Committee said in report. According to the Committee's survey of household, as of January-May 2022, 71 percent of the population under observation was engaged in physical activity.

Termez Cargo Center logistics center in Surkhandarya, by the June 21 presidential decree, was assigned the status of an International Multifunctional Transport and Logistics Hub for provision of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and other states.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan on Wednesday issued a statement expressing condolences over the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uzbekistan, the State Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection (SCEEP) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) are initiating a new joint project entitled “Master Planning and Innovative Financial Solutions to Support the Yashil Makon Initiative of the Republic of Uzbekistan”.

The fifth meeting of the working group on Uzbekistan's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Geneva on June 21, the press service of the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade (MIFT) reported.

President Mirziyoyev signed the Additional measures to reform the natural gas market Decree creating UzGasTrade joint-stock company, which will perform purchasing and selling natural gas in a centralized manner.

On the morning of June 22, a footage surfaced on social networks, showing large volumes of water being discharged from the Tupalang reservoir in Sariosiyo district of Surkhandarya province, which flooded the surrounding area. One of the videos shows women and children preparing to evacuate, helicopters flying over the area.

Uzbekistan Airways will reconfigure the cabins of Airbus A320 aircraft for low-cost service, the company said in a statement Wednesday. Reportedly, now the airline has transformed 5 of its A320 aircraft to the full economy, which will bring the low-cost aircraft to 9.

During the celebration of Eid al-Adha Khayit, Uzbeks will have at least three days off. In early February 2021, the president signed the Measures to further develop domestic and pilgrimage tourism in Uzbekistan Decree. According to the document, on the days of the main holidays, Uzbeks will rest for at least three days.

IHG Hotels & Resorts today announces a debut signing for its leading luxury InterContinental Hotels & Resorts brand in Uzbekistan. InterContinental Tashkent is expected to open towards the end of 2022, showcasing a new luxury experience within the capital city. This latest signing follows IHG’s recent growth announcement, which will see 50 new hotels added to the global Luxury and Lifestyle portfolio in 2022.

Presidents of Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Ilham Aliyev, following the talks, signed a Declaration on deepening strategic partnership and building up comprehensive cooperation between the two countries on Tuesday, the presidential press service said.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev today landed in Uzbekistan on a state visit, the presidential press service said. At the international airport in Tashkent, he was welcomed by the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov.

Cabinet of Ministers posted the Approval of the Administrative Regulation for provision of public services for obtaining the right to distribute television and radio products of foreign media in Uzbekistan Resolution.

On June 20, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the constitutional commission meeting dedicated to reforming the Constitution. In his remarks, the head of state focused on four priority areas of constitutional reform.

UNICEF today cautioned against tolerating violence against children and women and called for a change in the societies’ attitudes towards these kinds of cases and emphasized the need for improved family support services and effective systems to protect victims of violence.