(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 5
By Ilkin Seyfaddini - Trend:
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan increased by 91 to 3,965 , Trend reports on June 5 with reference to the Ministry of Health.
To date, 3,087 patients have fully recovered in the country, 16 have died.
Uzbekistan has divided the country into certain "red", "yellow" and "green" zones, with regards to the level of COVID-19 pandemic spread level.
The Special Republican Commission for the preparation of a program of measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Uzbekistan has extended the quarantine until June 15, 2020. Since May 15, the commission has lifted some restrictions on certain activities in Uzbekistan.
By decision of the Special Republican Commission from June 15 in "green" and "yellow" regions will resume the activities of catering, kindergarten and clothing markets.
The "red" zones include Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic, Andijan, Namangan, Fergana, Samarkand, Bukhara, Syrdarya and Tashkent regions (also divided into zones). The "yellow" zones include Khorezm region and Tashkent city. The "green" zones include Jizzakh and Surkhandarya regions.
Earlier, in Kitab district of Kashkadarya region (previously - "green" zone), the quarantine regime has been tightened.
Recently, Navoi region was transferred from "green" zone to the "red" zone.
The first case of coronavirus infection in Uzbekistan was detected on March 15 in the laboratory of the Research Institute of Virology; it was an Uzbek woman who returned from France. The Ministry of Health later announced that her son, daughter, husband and grandson also tested coronavirus-positive.
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