From June 10, Russia increases the number of Moscow to Tashkent flights by one flight per week. The corresponding decision was made late in the evening on May 31 by the anti-coronavirus headquarters.

Uzbekistan received a new batch of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, the Ministry of Health said. According to the Ministry of Health, 70,000 doses of the first component of the vaccine were delivered. In April, in total, Uzbekistan received 100 thousand doses of the Russian vaccine (50 thousand doses of the first and second components).

On May 31, the President signed the Amendments and Addenda to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bill into Law. According to the document, complaints about actions and decisions of election commissions shall be reviewed exclusively by courts.

On June 1, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Surkhandarya province and visited the construction site of the photovoltaic plant in Sherabad district, the presidential press service said.

On June 3-4, 2021, the Chairman of the Kazakhstan Senate Maulen Ashimbayev will pay an official visit to Uzbekistan. He is set to hold meetings of the Chairwoman of the Senate Tanzila Narbaeva and the Speaker of the Legislative Chamber Nurdinjon Ismoilov.

Minimum income threshold or minimum consumer spending as put by the authorities has been announced in Uzbekistan. This figure stands at 440 thousand soums, or 41 USD per person per month, the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction said.

Uzbekistan Airports signed management agreements with all international airports in Uzbekistan, the company said in a statement.

Uzbekistan expects that the third consultative meeting of the heads of state of Central Asia, previously planned for 2020, will be held in person, said on Monday the spokesman to the President of Uzbekistan, deputy head of his administration, Sherzod Asadov.

The Senate at the fifteenth plenary session on May 28 approved the Strategy for Achieving Gender Equality in Uzbekistan until 2030 (the document itself has not yet been published).

On May 28, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting dedicated to the construction and maintenance of multi-apartment housing in Uzbekistan. Reportedly, the head of state spoke about the corruption in various areas.

The Senate at a plenary session on May 28 passed the Bill on ratification of the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (New York, December 13, 2006), the press service of the Senate said.

Uzbekistan and Russia have agreed to launch the production of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Uzbekistan. The Uzbek authorities selected a production site, RIA Novosti said with reference to the Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko, who is visiting Tashkent on a working visit.

At the fifteenth plenary session of the Senate on May 29, the Presidential Security Service (PSS) of Uzbekistan Bill was passed, the Senate said in a statement.

On May 30, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in, and attended the second international "Partnership for Green Growth and Global Goals - 2030" (P4G), held in Seoul online.

As per the monitoring of the authorized bodies in May 2021, the personal data of Uzbeks on the social networks VKontakte (owned by Mail.ru Group), Twitter (Twitter Inc) and WeChat (Tencent Inc) are being processed in violation of Article 27-1 of the Personal Data Law, the press service of the Uzbek inspectorate committee (Uzkomnazorat) said.

The Finance Minister Timur Ishmetov said that in 2020 the state budget received 12.8 trillion soums less from some taxes due to the decline in economic activity, and elaborated on how the deficit was covered.

The Namangan governor Shavkatjon Abdurazzakov hsoted a Ukrainian delegation headed by the Khmelnitsky city mayor Alexander Simchishin, the governor’s office reported.

Uzbekistan government delegation led by Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov landed in Minsk to attend the next meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

A perinatal hospital will be built in Nukus (Karakalpakstan) with a grant from the Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan Charitable Foundation (UAE). This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan.

The Government of Uzbekistan and the UN Office in the country have launched a coordinated UN/EU/the U.S. action to support women and children returning from conflict zones, with financial support from the European Union and the U.S. Department of State. This is said in the statement of the parties circulated on May 27.