Number of Turkmen bootleg alcohol deaths in Istanbul rises to 53

Uzbekistan car travel ban preceded by chaos in supermarkets

Emomali Rahmon’s son elected senator

25 suspected participants in Korday riots arrested during special operation

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

Lung X-rays for travel, herbal fumes and a healthy dose of silence

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

A billion-dollar crisis package, appeals to private businesses and a bootleg alcohol tragedy