On the night of March 17, Uzbekistan will accept the delivery of the 660 thousand doses of the Covishield (AstraZeneca) coronavirus vaccine from India, which is produced by the Indian Serum Institute under license, the Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Authority reported.

The Central Bank announced the issue of memorial gold coins and a souvenir set dedicated to the 580th anniversary of the poet Alisher Navoi.

Military units of Uzbekistan and India conducted joint drill Friendship-II at Chaubatiya training center in Ranikhet, India, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

A group of experts from the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) arrived in Uzbekistan on March 15 to conduct monitoring the safe operation of hydraulic structures, Dunyo reported.

Yesterday, representatives from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) participated in the opening of a Modern Communications Room at the Ministry of Innovative Development of Uzbekistan. This unique venue, established with support from USAID, will serve as a meeting space for both virtual and in-person conferences, workshops, and other occasions.

The Central Bank in a statement announced the accreditation of the representative office of Kyongnam Bank (Republic of Korea).

Today, Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev over the phone, the presidential press service said.

European LGBTQ rights advocates and more than 40 human rights organizations have issued issued a joint statement calling on the government of Uzbekistan to repeal its laws criminalizing same-sex relations between men as part of its broader review of the nation’s Criminal Code.

Stories surfaced on social networks that the number of coronavirus cases has hiked in Uzbekistan, especially in Tashkent.

In the afternoon of March 12, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held online talks with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, the presidential press service said.

Uzbekistan donated 20 ambulance vehicles to Kyrgyzstan during the state visit of President Sadyr Japarov to Tashkent. On March 12, Sadyr Japarov, accompanied by the President of Uzbekistan, visited the Technopark in Tashkent. When inspecting vehicles made in Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev said that 20 ambulances based on Volkswagen Caddy and Isuzu D-Max were donated to Kyrgyzstan on behalf of the people of Uzbekistan.

On March 11, in Tashkent, following the talks between the Uzbek and Kyrgyz leaders, they oversaw the handing over of signed documents, the presidential press service said.

The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov continued the talks with the participation of official delegations of the two countries, the main focus placed on the issues of further advancing trade and economic cooperation.

The Presidents of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan held tete-a-tete talks at the Kuksaroy residence. The Kyrgyz leader today landed in Tashkent for an official visit.

On March 9, the Government of Uzbekistan approved the National Program to End the Use of Ozone Depleting Substances, the Ministry of Justice said.

On March 11, 2021, the Board of the Central Bank decided to keep the interest rate at 14% per annum, the Central Bank said in a statement.

In line with the President’s Measures for gradual modernization of power units at the Syrdarya thermal power plant Decree, the ninth and tenth power units of Syrdarya TPP will be modernized this year by the Russian company Power Machines.

Authorities could launch COVID-2019 vaccination certificates, said the Deputy Minister of Health/Head of the Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Service, Bakhodir Yusupaliev at a press conference on Wednesday.

According to him, measures are being taken to purchase vaccines and launch the mass vaccination.

The creation of an e-register of persons for priority vaccination is ongoing. Those who received the vaccination will be registered on the Emlash.uz website.

On March 12, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will hold an online Summit with the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, the presidential press service said in a statement.

Uzbekistan will accept the delivery of the first batch of AstraZeneca vaccines as part of the COVAX initiative between March 15-20, said the Deputy Minister of Health/Head of the Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Service, Bakhodir Yusupaliev at a press conference on Wednesday.