Half of state employees in Dushanbe placed on unpaid leave as Tajikistan rushes to build temporary hospitals

Tajik authorities confiscate last business property of Zayd Saidov’s family

Tajikistan leaps to top of regional COVID-19 deaths listing as medics say they are working without PPE

Tajikistan urged to increase testing as WHO mission warns the authorities to prepare for the worst

WHO rep who denied presence of COVID-19 in Tajikistan to leave post

Freedom House declares Kyrgyzstan the only “partly free” nation in Central Asia

WHO mission to Turkmenistan delayed by lack of cooperation

COVID-19 cases in Tajikistan rise to 230

Tajikistan reports first official COVID-19 deaths as cases take off

Tajik authorities confirm first cases of coronavirus

Tajikistan bans russified family names and patronymics for newborns

WHO’s representative in Tajikistan changes tune ahead of imminent mission

Tajikistan closes schools and bans public events

Deputy head of Tajik ruling party admitted to infectious diseases clinic

Tajik health ministry reveals pneumonia statistics

WHO missions to verify lack of coronavirus in Tajikistan and Turkmenistan

Tajik officials deny reports of school closure and new pneumonia deaths

Dushanbe school pupils sent home after teacher’s death

Uzbekistan overtakes Kazakhstan in press freedom rankings for first time