(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Tajikistan's rapidly increasing number of confirmed cases has become the country with the most deaths in Central Asia
China News Agency, Nur-Sultan, May 16 Dushanbe News: The number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Tajikistan has increased day by day, and it has become the Central Asian country with the most deaths. Its rapidly deteriorating epidemic situation has caused concern.
According to a report from the Ministry of Health of the Tajikistan, as of the evening of the 16th, a total of 1322 cases of new coronary pneumonia were diagnosed in the Tajikistan, 36 died, and there were no cured cases. There were 204 new cases on the day, and this rapid growth rate has been maintained for several consecutive days.
Tajikistan announced the discovery of the first confirmed cases on April 30. It is the country with the latest outbreak of new pneumonia in Central Asia, but its cumulative death toll has now ranked first among the five Central Asian countries. Central Asia News commented that although Tajikistan has adopted a series of anti-epidemic measures to learn from the experience of other countries, it is faced with no small challenges due to the "shortage and deficiencies of objective conditions."
Regarding the current epidemic situation in Tajikistan, the WHO Working Group in Tajikistan recently held a press conference and pointed out that it is "not optimistic." According to analysis, the tower is currently facing two "shortcomings": one is the lack of medical protective equipment; the second is the lack of testing institutions, and there is only one new coronavirus testing laboratory in the country.
The official website of President Tajikistan released on the 16th that according to the order of President Taman Rahmon, the government has set up a health and epidemic prevention bureau to take charge of dynamic monitoring of epidemic situation, distribution of anti-epidemic materials, analysis of epidemic situation data and social security of residents.
Rahim Zoda, head of the Institute of Economics and Population Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, said in an interview with the National News Agency on the 16th that ground transportation is currently basically stopped. There is no doubt that the epidemic will affect the economic development of Tajikistan. He also pointed out that the service industry will be most affected by the epidemic. "With the closure of the apparel market, tens of thousands of people are likely to be unemployed. More than 76,000 people work in markets and shopping malls in the capital Dushanbe alone."
According to the Interfax news agency, the International Monetary Fund has decided to provide Tajik with an emergency loan of US $ 189.5 million to pay wages, provide assistance to low-income families and ensure the normal operation of the health care industry. (Finish)