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5,000 people are taking part in the trials.

5,000 volunteers have been mobilized for the phase-three trial.

Officials say Uzbekistan plans to produce its own vaccine when tests are done.

Armenia is taking a faster route to in-person classes than its Caucasus neighbors, but it is adopting a number of precautions to make sure that schools don’t spread the virus.

Only one in 10 university applicants is sure of a place.

Critics of the government’s charities ban suspect there is politics at play, not just a desire to stem potential fraud.

Many in the territory blame the rising numbers of coronavirus cases on the authorities’ decision to open up to Russian tourists.

The territory's public health officials have warned against opening up to tourism, and the arrival of tourists has coincided with a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases.

The chair of the Senate says $171,000 have gone missing.

Our monthly briefing on China in Central Asia.

The prime minister said the once heavily infected country can now “break the back” of the novel coronavirus.

“It was the pandemic that hit the economy hard, not the lockdown itself.”

“They don’t have enough drugs. Don’t believe the statistics.”

The economy is set to contract sharply this year as a result of the crisis.