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Medics say they are actively discouraged from seeking the compensation.

Batken has already reimposed restrictions.

Beijing is eager to show solidarity as the coronavirus pandemic rumbles on.

The tourist season was a disaster, with visitors down almost 90 percent. The taxman has not been sympathetic.

A longtime gray cardinal is in trouble after violating social-distancing laws. But breaking rules is what bigwigs do in Azerbaijan.

Kyrgyz officials have drawn up a list of 31 countries from which people can visit.

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

Some of the purported cures spreading on social media are dangerous.

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.

In an unprecedented speech, Ilham Aliyev blasted the “socialist economic model” behind his country’s largest companies.

Eurasianet’s Kyrgyzstan-based photojournalist Danil Usmanov has for weeks been watching his country’s unfolding coronavirus crisis. In this essay, he describes some of his observations.

On top of the exhausting work, stresses are compounded by having to reject heartbreaking requests.

Doctors in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are growing angry at what they see as little more than a face-saving, statistical trick.

Denialism and conspiracy theories about the disease appear to be in retreat as more and more people are infected.

It is clear from a welter of circumstantial evidence that official death figures are massive undercounts.