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Medics say they are actively discouraged from seeking the compensation.

In the early days of the pandemic, Georgia enjoyed one of the most enviable rates in the world. Things began to fall apart in late summer.

Batken has already reimposed restrictions.

With their borders still largely closed, Georgians hit the beach and let their guard down. The epidemiological result was inevitable.

Crowds are flocking to visit a new botanical wonderland that stands as testimony to the sway the billionaire chairman of the country’s ruling party holds over the nation.

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

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.

The activist’s death in prison reflects poorly on the substantial investments that the international community has made into overhauling Kyrgyzstan’s notoriously selective and corrupt justice system.

The footage has generated much online outrage.

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.

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

Georgia’s coronavirus prevention efforts have been widely praised. But its treatment strategy also appears to have been a success.

Critics see only oppressive censorship in the new legislation.

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.