Uzbekistan orders people to stay at home, bans gatherings of more than three people and introduces sweeping restrictions on domestic transport

Turkmenistan arresting people for talking about coronavirus

Nur-Sultan and Almaty order closure of almost all places of work

Kyrgyzstan receives IMF’s first coronavirus loan

Nur-Sultan and Almaty residents ordered to stay at home from 28 March as Kazakhstan records Central Asia’s first coronavirus death

Almaty closes all non-food stores and service points in battle against COVID-19

Jeenbekov asks IMF for help in connection with coronavirus as Kyrgyzstan issues further restrictions

Kyrgyz youth given 16 years for car-ramming attack

Uzbekistan confirms first case of coronavirus community spread

Kyrgyzstan steps up emergency measures as coronavirus cases more than double in a day

Kazakhstan to introduce minimum wage for enforced leave as Tokayev strengthens state of emergency

Uzbekistan makes face masks obligatory, suspends public transport to, from and within Tashkent

Kyrgyzstan declares national emergency

Officer who tried to take Islam Karimov to court exonerated

Tajikistan to close airports from 20 March

Uzbek publishers allowed to set their own prices

Former Kazatomprom head Zhakishev released

Queues to enter Almaty as partial lockdown kicks in

Gulnara Karimova given 13 years on new charges

Kyrgyzstan imports its first coronavirus cases from Saudi Arabia