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Food prices have jumped this year and there are few jobs, but out-of-work migrants can’t get to where they are desperately needed.

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.

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.

Votes are usually held in November.

Our monthly briefing on China in Central Asia.

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.

$300 million has been given and another $70 million may be on the way

Transfers have fallen by at least 15 percent so far this year.

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