The Milliy Tiklanish Democratic Party is set to nominate the chairman of the central council, Alisher Qodirov, for the 2021 presidential elections in October.

Another 2 batches of the Chinese-Uzbek coronavirus vaccine ZF-UZ-VAC2001 in the amount of 1 million doses each  was delivered to Uzbekistan from China today and yesterday, the Ministry of Health said.

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the procurement of the licenses of two school textbook series developed by international publishing companies to the Ministry of Public Education of Uzbekistan. Worth $10 million, the series consist of Information and Communications Technology student textbooks and teacher guides for grades 5-11 as well as English as a Foreign Language student textbooks, workbooks and teacher guides for grades 1-11.

The third Central Asia Summit took place today in the Avaza tourist area of Turkmenistan, the presidential press service said.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev left for the city of Turkmenbashi to attend the next consultative meeting of the heads of states of Central Asia, which will be held at the Avaza national tourist area.

The Chief of the General Staff/First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, the General Valery Gerasimov, today landed in Uzbekistan on an official visit. He will hold talks with the military-political leadership of Uzbekistan, during which issues of regional security and cooperation between Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation in the military field will be discussed, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The Speaker of the Legislative Chamber Nuriddin Ismailov met with the newly elected President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ibrahim Raisi in Tehran on Wednesday, the Legislative Chamber said in a statement.

The Deputy PM/Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan S. Umurzakov in Ashgabat held talks with Deputy PM of Turkmenistan E. Orazgeldiev.

The Adolat (transl. Justice) Social Democratic Party plans to nominate the chairman of its political council, Bakhrom Abdukhalimov as the candidate for the presidential election in 2021. The candidate was presented at an extraordinary plenum of the party. Now his candidacy must be approved at the party congress.

Uzbekistan and Russia signed the memorandum of understanding and cooperation to protect the rights of children on Wednesday. On behalf of Uzbekistan, the document was signed by the Children’s Ombudsmen, Aliya Yunusova, and on behalf of the Russian Federation by her colleague Anna Kuznetsova.

United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan Daniel Rosenblum saw off the first Uzbekistan student exchange cohort of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program since 2006. These students will study at an American high school and live with an American host family for the 2021-2022 academic year.

On August 2, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the presentation of the Tashkent city heat supply system modernization project, the presidential press service state said.

On July 30, the British Council and the London Metropolitan University held an awards ceremony for the winners of the Big Idea Challenge, a business competition that is part of the Creative Spark programme. The finalists presented their projects in the format of video pitches in four categories: climate change, social development, creativity and digital technologies.

The Ministry of Health reported of a record daily 923 people diagnosed with coronavirus and 542 with pneumonia in Uzbekistan yesterday. "As of August 3 2021, the number of registered coronavirus infections in Uzbekistan stands at 132,901 (+923)," the report said.

Uzbekistan and the United States today signed intergovernmental treaties on cooperation in the fight against corruption, drug trafficking and organized crime, the Foreign Ministry said.

The Uzbek Ambassador to the United States, Javlon Vakhabov, held talks with the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief Ahmed Shahid, Dunyo news agency reported.

The Ecological Party has officially nominated Narzulla Oblomurodov, the chairman of the executive committee of the central apparatus of the party, for the presidency of the country in the elections in 2021, the party said.

327,628 doses of coronavirus vaccine were administered in Uzbekistan on August 2. Of these, 243,493 doses were used in the first stage, 63,521 doses in the second phase, and 20,614 doses in the third phase.

Part of the Abdullahon madrasah collapsed in Bukhara on the night of July 30, the press service of the Bukhara province governor’s office reported.

The Ministry of Health reported of a record daily 899 people diagnosed with coronavirus and 516 with pneumonia in Uzbekistan yesterday. "As of August 2, 2021, the number of registered coronavirus infections in Uzbekistan stands at 131,978 (+899)," the report said.