Tajikistan plunges from denial to full-blown crisis As the confirmed cases quickly mount into the hundreds, doctors complain of lack of resources. May 4, 2020
Kazakhstan: Coronavirus prompting many to reassess priorities Post-coronavirus life will bring fewer debts and more time with the family. Maybe. Almaz Kumenov Apr 30, 2020
Tajikistan finally confirms its first 15 coronavirus cases Questions will be asked why this announcement came so late. Apr 30, 2020
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan implement tentative coronavirus exit strategies Businesses are being allowed to reopen and people to take in some fresh air. Apr 30, 2020
Tajikistan admits to pneumonia crisis, but not coronavirus Officials say 136 medical workers at one hospital have been diagnosed with the respiratory illness. Apr 28, 2020
WHO role in Tajikistan’s coronavirus-free narrative under scrutiny The World Health Organization is refusing to answer questions while it appears to support the government’s increasingly dubious claims. Apr 24, 2020
Tajikistan: Four more deaths pinned on pneumonia Officials sticking to insistence it has registered no cases of coronavirus. Apr 22, 2020
Kazakhstan: Government steps up hunt for critics Scrutiny of the arrests suggests a complex process at play. Almaz Kumenov Apr 21, 2020
Tajikistan says it has no COVID-19, attributes new death to swine flu The latest victim of something authorities insist was not COVID-19 was buried by medical personnel in protective gear. Apr 20, 2020
Coronavirus leaves Tajikistan’s labor migrants high and dry Those who made it to Russia before the scale of the crisis became evident are now stranded. Apr 20, 2020
Kazakhstan: Coronavirus tests a stuttering private sector Kazakhstan is still far from being the developed market economy its leaders pine for. And the current crisis risks shunting the country back toward a more traditional, state-directed stance. Almaz Kumenov Apr 17, 2020
Kazakhstan: 2.7 million receive coronavirus payments, millions more waiting 60 percent of the working population has filed for financial aid. Apr 16, 2020
Kazakhstan: Medics struggling to keep themselves safe 182 health workers have been infected at one hospital alone. Almaz Kumenov Apr 15, 2020
Tajikistan: The mysterious deaths raising suspicion Officials insist they are testing for coronavirus and finding no cases. Apr 14, 2020
Kazakhstan resorts to snap military draft as coronavirus spreads Supporters of the move think it will provide a useful outlet for the momentarily unemployed. Almaz Kumenov Apr 3, 2020