Armenia to build instant hospital ward for COVID-19 Within “3-4 days” the country’s main infectious disease hospital should have a new 40-bed ward, the minister of health reported. Ani Mejlumyan Mar 18, 2020
Caucasus unrecognized states remain coronavirus-free The isolation of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh have served them well as the disease spreads all around them. Joshua Kucera Mar 17, 2020
Armenia institutes COVID-19 state of emergency Public gatherings of more than 20 have been banned and media coverage heavily restricted. Ani Mejlumyan Mar 16, 2020
Uzbekistan confirms COVID-19 case, closes borders Kazakhstan has declared a one-month state of emergency. Mar 16, 2020
Nerves jangled as COVID-19 finally detected in Kazakhstan The three cases are the first official reports of the novel coronavirus in Central Asia. Almaz Kumenov Mar 13, 2020
Kyrgyzstan: Women’s march against male violence attacked by masked men Police detained marchers, but not attackers. Nurjamal Djanibekova Mar 8, 2020
Caucasus shuts doors after coronavirus hits All three countries have now seen cases of the disease, most of which have come from Iran. Giorgi Lomsadze Mar 2, 2020
Following coronavirus outbreak in Iran, Armenia closes border and Azerbaijan keeps it open Armenia went farther than most of Iran’s neighbors, closing its border for two weeks. Azerbaijan, meanwhile, was the only country to have not closed its border with Iran at all. Joshua Kucera, Ani Mejlumyan Feb 24, 2020
China’s virus storm over Central Asia Panic is being sown by trouble-making social media users. Chris Rickleton Jan 28, 2020