More than 685.5 thousand people in Uzbekistan have been fully vaccinated from April 1, when the vaccination commenced through June 30, the Ministry of Health said.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will meet with the President of the UN General Assembly for the 75th session Volkan Bozkır this week, the president’s spokesman Sherzod Asadov announced at a briefing.

The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev is expected to visit Uzbekistan, announced the Azerbaijan’s Ambassador Huseyn Guliyev on 2 July during talks with the Uzbek Deputy PM Sardor Umrzakov.

The Ministry of Health reported that Uzbekistan received the delivery of 40,000 doses of component 1 of the Sputnik V vaccine last night.

On July 1, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met with the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, to reaffirm the strategic security partnership between the United States and Uzbekistan and to discuss the evolving security situation in the Central Asia region, the U.S. Department of Defense said.

A number of social networks are being restricted in Uzbekistan due to violation of requirement to keep local personal data of Uzbek citizens at local data centers, said the State Inspectorate for Control in Area of Informatization and Telecommunications ("Uzkomnazorat").

With Earlyone innovative flow management solution, Uzbekistan is taking another step towards digital transformation. Two major Uzbek banks have already confirmed to test pilot the Earlyone's solution.

The United States welcomes the upgrade of Uzbekistan’s ranking in the annual Trafficking Against Persons (TIP) Report from Tier Two Watch List to Tier Two. 

Today, the United States through its Agency for International Development (USAID), delivered 131 tons of food aid worth $399,213 to Uzbekistan. The shipment contains a nutritious vegetable and legume mix for distribution to health and social care settings and vulnerable households.

In a statement the health ministry said that 476 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in the country yesterday, with 4 patients dead.

The Government issued a Resolution on June 29 creating Uzbekistan-Finland Pedagogical Institute in place of the Pedagogical Institute under the Samarkand State University, the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education said.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan will visit Uzbekistan in July 2021 to enhance the bilateral trade and economic ties.

Electric buses will be purchased for Tashkent city with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF)as part of the low-emission vehicles program, the Ministry of Transport said.

The Tashkent police department (TPD) issued an official statement regarding the recent statements of the former pop singer Jakhongir Otajonov to government officials.

The government issued a decision creating Sambhram University in Jizzakh city. According to the Ministry of Justice, Sambhram University (India) is a non-governmental higher education institution which will offer IT programs.

487 people were tested positive for coronavirus in all provinces of the country yesterday, with three deaths recorded. The total number of confirmed cases has reached 110,677.

The Senate at the 16th plenary session on June 26 approved amendments to the Bank Secrecy Law and the Investigative Activities Law.

Experts from the WHO Regional Office for Europe arrived in Uzbekistan to build capacity and examine the national public health laboratories conducting COVID-19 testing, the WHO’s country office said.

On June 29, the sixth batch of the Chinese-Uzbek vaccine ZF-UZ-VAC2001 in 1 million doses was delivered to Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Health said.

The Liberal Democratic Party discussed on June 28 a bill amending the Criminal Code and the Administrative Liability Code, the Legislative Chamber reported.