On April 27, Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a meeting on the analysis of the work progress and the next tasks in geology, the presidential press service said in a statement.

Uzbekistan’s population as of April 1, 2020 reached 34.03 million, an increase by 131.6 thousand or % 0.4 YTD, the State Statistics Committee said in a report.

In response to the global COVID-19 threat, the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) at the U.S. Embassy Tashkent, recently donated 1,000 tests to the Uzbekistan Ministry of Health (MOH).  The donation was made in conjunction with practical training provided by experts from DTRA’s prime contractor in Tashkent, TMC Global Professional Services (TMC).  The training took a stepwise approach to increase the testing capacity of MOH diagnostic laboratories.

As of April 25, 2020, 11:00 PM, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan stands at 1,862,” the Health Ministry said in a statement.

The Special Republican Anti-Coronavirus Commission of Uzbekistan has taken a decision to allow some trades to resume operations on Friday.

The cost of treating one patient infected with coronavirus in Uzbekistan ranges from 32 to 64 million soums, (US$ 3.2 to 6.4 thous.), the Health Minister Alisher Shadmanov announced at a briefing on Thursday.

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan at 22:30 on April 23 reached 1,758, the Ministry of Health reported.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree appointing Erkin Hamraev as new deputy foreign minister. Prior to his appointment, he worked as the Uzbekistan Consul General in Frankfurt am Main (Germany).

The Uzbek-native Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov donated US$ 20 million to Uzbekistan during the pandemic. He will soon donate allocated another US$ 5 million, the Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Kochkarov during a session of the International Press Club on April 23.

The chief state sanitary inspector Nurmat Otabekov expressed his opinion on when the lockdown could end in Uzbekistan.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday spoke to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan  over the phone. At the beginning of the conversation, the two leaders exchanged sincere congratulations on the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, wished to each other and the fraternal peoples of the two states the health, prosperity and well-being.

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan at 23:00 on April 22 stands at 1,716, the Ministry of Health said.

Uzbekistan and Russia are readying a comprehensive strategic partnership declaration. The accord could be signed during the visit of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Russia, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

The U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo commended the Partnership for Innovation program in Uzbekistan. On his Twitter page, he welcomed the launch of a Telegram channel with local activists to provide free psychological counseling to Uzbeks in crisis, especially for people vulnerable to domestic abuse. “We take domestic violence seriously, and our foreign aid reflects that - proud of our USAID colleagues working with partners in Uzbekistan to help families dealing with the stress and pressure from COVID19”, he said.

The total number of detected coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan reached 1,678, the Ministry of Health said. In total, 51 new cases of coronavirus were reported on Tuesday, which is less than the day before (62).

The special commission is getting ready for various possible evolvements of the coronavirus situation, said the expert of the anti-coronavirus headquarters at the Ministry of Health Khabibulla Okilov at a briefing at Information and Mass Communications Agency.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with President of the European Council Charles Michel, the presidential press service said.

Uzbekistan delivered two batches of humanitarian aid to Russia, the Uzbek embassy to Moscow said in a statement. The first shipment was delivered to the Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on Saturday, the second – today on April 20. In total, it is planned to send to Russia 5 million medical masks, as well as medical gauze.

At the videoconference meeting on April 20, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev instructed the Special Republican Commission to Combat Coronavirus to gradually ease lockdown measures in provinces, districts and cities where no cases of coronavirus were detected or the epidemiological situation has improved, the presidential press service said.

The total number of confirmed coronavirus infection cases in Uzbekistan at 23:30 on April 20 has reached 1,627, the Ministry of Health said. During Monday, 62 new cases of coronavirus were reported (75 a day earlier), with 261 patients recovered and 5 people dead.