BISHKEK (TCA) — As the coronavirus spreads far beyond China, the concerns of the Central Asian population and governments are mounting.

NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — At the Government meeting on March 2, Kazakhstan Prime Minister Askar Mamin ordered to strengthen measures to prevent the

DUSHANBE (TCA) — All mosques in Tajikistan will be temporarily closed over fears of the new coronavirus spread in the country, local news agency

ASHGABAT (TCA) — Medical sources in Turkmenistan claim at least two Turkmen citizens have tested positive for the coronavirus at a hospital near

BISHKEK (TCA) — In an official ceremony on March 11, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over personal protective

NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on March 12 held a meeting with government officials to discuss preventive measures

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Acting Country Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Tajikistan, Ms. Katherine Owens and World

NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Kazakhstan's Health Ministry says it has recorded the Central Asian nation's first two confirmed cases of the coronavirus,

NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Uzbekistan on March 15 reported its first confirmed case of COVID-19, with the government saying the infected person was an

DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on March 16 said it has allocated a $100,000 grant from the ongoing Maternal and Child Health

NUR-SULTAN, TASHKENT (TCA) — The number of people infected with coronavirus in Kazakhstan nearly doubled overnight to a total of 27, RFE/RL's

BISHKEK, NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — First three coronavirus cases have been registered in Kyrgyzstan, Health Minister Cosmosbek Cholponbayev told a

NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — On March 17, the United States through its Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over personal protective

ASHGABAT (TCA) — As countries of the Central Asia region are undertaking unprecedented measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus — with

TASHKENT (TCA) — The U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan handed over personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Agency for Sanitary and Epidemiological

KABUL (TCA) — Afghanistan Defense Minister Asadullah Khalid says the Taliban should commit to a truce as a means of helping both sides battle the

DUSHANBE (TCA) — All mosques in Tajikistan, which were temporarily closed over fears of the coronavirus spread in the country, have been reopened

ASHGABAT (TCA) — On March 19, in accordance with the Resolution of Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, medical supplies and food

BISHKEK (TCA) — The five Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are taking additional measures

BISHKEK (TCA) — The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is granting more than 66 million