(Fighting New Crown Pneumonia) Uzbekistan has confirmed more than 52,000 cases of Deputy Prime Minister died of new crown pneumonia

  China News Agency, Nur Sultan, September 21, Tashkent News: Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health reported data showing that as of the 21st local time, the country had a total of 52,070 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, 48,369 cured, and 437 deaths.

According to Uzbek media reports, Uktam Barnoyev, 56-year-old deputy prime minister of Uzbekistan, died of new crown pneumonia.

  According to Ukranian State News Agency, Uktam Barnoyev died of new crown pneumonia on the 20th local time.

He was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia at the end of July and went to Germany for treatment. He died unfortunately due to a critical condition.

At the end of August, Karim Kamarov, the governor of the country's Bukhara region, died of new coronary pneumonia.

  According to the news from Uzbek News Agency, the Ministry of Higher Education of Uzbekistan stated on the 21st that full-time undergraduates and postgraduates in all public universities can enjoy a 10% discount on existing tuition when they pay tuition for the new academic year 2020/2021. policy.

The decision was made on the one hand in consideration of the reduction in residents’ income due to the impact of the epidemic, and the reduction in per capita affordability; on the other hand, it was also based on "popular proposals for optimizing education costs."

  As the epidemic situation generally stabilizes, Uzbekistan's isolation from the outside world is gradually liberalizing.

Interfax news agency reported that Uzbekistan Airlines will resume scheduled flights with Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and other countries as planned in September.

At the same time, Uzbekistan will lift border restrictions from October 1 and restore freedom of entry and exit. People from China, Thailand, Malaysia and other countries do not need to be isolated if they have no symptoms of new coronary pneumonia after entering the country.

  However, Uzbekistan’s Chief Health and Epidemic Prevention Supervisor Otabekov also reminded the public that the behaviors and phenomena of infection caused by relaxation of vigilance and no longer strictly abiding by the epidemic prevention regulations cannot be ignored.

If the domestic epidemic worsens, strict isolation control measures may be taken again.

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