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April 09, 2020 Turkmenistan media reported that following the example of President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, thousands of citizens attended a series of sporting events to celebrate World Health Day.

In the Olympic City complex, members of the government, ministerial leaders and heads of social associations participated in football, basketball, tennis, fitness, gymnastics, volleyball, athletics and bowling. The most massive participation, however, was registered in the national cycling race: 3.5 thousand people competed only in the capital Ashgabat, while on a national scale there were about 7 thousand cyclists in the race. The distance to cycle in the race in Ashgabat was 15 kilometers.

The official mass media point out that "while in many countries of the world the situation with coronavirus remains tense, in Turkmenistan, thanks to the measures taken in time, a peaceful epidemiological situation has been ensured". The same sources also specify that "in the country there has been a prevention strategy with respect to the cases of the introduction of the infection and adequate prophylactic measures are constantly in progress". Officially, no case of COVID-19 has been recorded in Turkmenistan.