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5,000 people are taking part in the trials.

The authorities are spooked by the idea that a crowd could form.

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

Independent Ukraine has held only one census, almost 20 years ago.

The apology or recantation is uploaded to social media. Often, there is a pretense of the repentance being voluntary. But that is not always the case.

A state TV program accuses reporters of working in league with would-be extremists.

It’s open season on journalists in Tajikistan and officials aren’t shy about blaming the victims.

With supply chains disrupted, patients with chronic needs are unable to find key medicines.

Articles on the U.S. Embassy-sponsored website call COVID-19 a "fake pandemic" and oppose vaccines. Health experts warn it could make the crisis worse.

President Rahmon has kept a low profile, leaving his son to take the lead.

Questions will be asked why this announcement came so late.

The World Health Organization is refusing to answer questions while it appears to support the government’s increasingly dubious claims.

The pandemic is undermining official efforts in China and Russia to foster mutual amity.

Critics are exasperated by the government’s passivity, warning that the reforms needed for Tajikistan to weather this moment should have been adopted “the day before yesterday.”

The Central Asian dictatorship insists it has no cases of coronavirus. So the beautiful game must go on.