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Trials for a domestically developed QazCovid-in vaccine are not expected to be completed until March.

The government is eager to stress that the loan is all but interest free.

Numbers of coronavirus cases has seen a sharp surge recently.

A facile and naïve plan being discussed in Washington risks backfiring on Iran’s minority Christians.

Overdue loans have increased by 10 percent since January.

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

Parents are pleading for relief from their kids learning from home, however.

Confusion and contradiction are at the heart of the government’s counter-disinformation strategy.

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.

Officials concede their exhortations to maintain social distance have had little impact.

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.

The lockdown regime was rolled over until mid-August.

Our monthly briefing on China in Central Asia.

234,000 pneumonia cases from earlier this year will not be included in the tally.