To further strengthen the cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Uzbekistan, equipment to disinfect air and production surfaces was handed over to Uzbek national authorities, to support their COVID-19 mitigation effort. This support was provided within the framework of the EU Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear risk mitigation Centres of Excellence Initiative (EU CBRN CoE), through the EU-funded Project 53 (P53) “Strengthening the National Legal Framework and Provision of Specialized Training on Bio-safety and Bio-security in the Central Asian Countries". The equipment on the order of one hundred thousand euros consisted of mobile units, which enable quick decontamination of medical and laboratory facilities that might be contaminated with COVID-19, using pulsed ultraviolet light.
Uzbekistan focuses on effective management and use of water. International partners also contribute to this issue together with authorized organizations of Uzbekistan.
Ambassador of Uzbekistan Gayrat Fazilov has met with the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Takashi Uto.
A laboratory for testing for COVID-19 using Korean technologies is operating in Tashkent.
OSCE workshop was held on the issues of security sector governance and parliamentary oversight in this sphere.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Chairman of the State Committee for Tourism Development Aziz Abdukhakimov has met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hamid Nayyerabadi.
As of October 9, 10:00, the number of coronavirus infected in Uzbekistan has reached 60,233 people, the Ministry of Health reports.
A webinar was held for representatives of scientific research centers of Uzbekistan with the Director and Founder of colleges named after Ibn Sino and Maturidi in the UK, Sheikh Otabek Shukurov.
408 patients have fully recovered yesterday from coronavirus in Uzbekistan.
