Tajikistan declares first coronavirus cases

The coronavirus response group "officially confirmed the existence of COVID-19 infections in the Republic of Tajikistan", Khovar reported. The same body also said it was now compulsory for citizens to wear masks.

Tajikistan has taken a stop-start approach to enforcing precautions against the spread of the infection. Mosques across the majority-Muslim country were shut earlier this month shortly after being allowed to reopen following an initial shutdown in March.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2020

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