On April 14, the newly appointed Uzbek ambassador to Azerbaijan, Bahrom Ashrafkhanov departed from Tashkent for Baku, the Foreign Ministry said.

“Uzbekistan is sending 500 thousand face masks to Hungary; the cargo plane shipping these will be arriving on Tuesday evening”, the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at an online press conference on Tuesday.

The number of coronavirus confirmed cases in Uzbekistan, as of 23:00 on April 14, stood at 1,165, the Ministry of Health said.

“We have to continue work in agriculture, industry and construction, as well as other major sectors and business operations in the provinces”, Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Tuesday on April 14 at a video conference dedicated to problems in the agriculture, the presidential press service said.

A videoconference was organized between Uzbek and British doctors with the assistance of the Uzbekistan Embassy in UK to exchange experiences on the prevention and treatment of new coronavirus infection COVID-19 on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said.

As of 4 PM on April 13, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases increased by 31 and reached 896, the Ministry of Health said.

Officials of the Uzbek Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade held a videoconference with the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Christopher Wilson, the ministry said.

Uzbekistan will provide assistance to Azerbaijan by sending medical supplies and equipment necessary to prevent the spread of coronavirus COVID-19.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with the President of the Republic of Korea, Moon Jae-in.

As of the morning of April 10, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan increased by 42 and reached 624, the Ministry of Health said.

Today, on April 10, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend the extraordinary summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking states, the presidential press service said.

As of April 7, the number of coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan increased by 63 and reached 520, the Ministry of Health said. 30 people have recovered from the disease to date, while two died.

The coronavirus infection peak in Uzbekistan is approaching, the Сhief State Sanitary Inspector Nurmat Otabekov said at a briefing at the Information and Mass Communications Agency yesterday.

The adviser to the Prime Minister in charge of industrial development and cooperation ties Botir Khojaev retired from politics. The decree was signed by the PM Aripov, a source in the government told the Tashkent Times.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan has reached 457, the Ministry of Health said. In total, 115 people were tested positive for coronavirus on April 6, the highest daily rise in cases (a day earlier - 76 new cases).

Self-isolation regimen introduced on April 1 is to become mandatory from April 6 in Tashkent, Nukus, as well as provincial centers. This decision was adopted at a meeting on April 4 by the Special Republican Commission to Combat Coronavirus.

The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reached 310, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. Most cases were among citizens who were quarantined, the statement added. As of 10:00 on April 5, more than 100 thousand people were in stationary and home quarantine.

The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced an additional contribution to Uzbekistan’s efforts to combat COVID-19.

Mass testing for coronavirus is not planned in Uzbekistan, the chief state sanitary inspector Nurmat Atabekov announced at a briefing on Wednesday.

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Uzbekistan has reached 173, the chief state sanitary inspector Nurmat Atabekov announced on Wednesday.