On January 10, another telephone conversation took place between the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the presidential press service said in a statement.

In Uzbekistan, it is not planned to introduce strict lockdown measures due to the detection of the omicron strain and the spike in the cases, announced first deputy of the Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Service Kholmamat Norboyev at a press conference.

On January 7, at about 15:00 in the Yunusabad district of Tashkent, a driver of black GM Malibu without license plate ignored the restrictions set on the route of the president's motorcade, who was visiting the Lyceum and the Academy of the State Security Service. The footage of the incident surfaced on social media.

First of all, it is Uzbekistan who should learn lessons from what happened in Kazakhstan, said the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, speaking at an extraordinary summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

According to the Ministry of Health, 389 coronavirus cases were confirmed on January 9 in Uzbekistan. There were also three new deaths from the coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,497.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev sent condolences to the people and President of Kazakhstan, announced the Presidential Spokesman Sherzod Asadov.

Uzbekistan received the delivery of another 500,400 doses of Moderna vaccine for free under the global COVAX program, the Ministry of Health said.

The omicron coronavirus strain in Uzbekistan was confirmed in a foreign citizen who arrived from Dubai, the Deputy Minister of Innovative Development Shahlo Turdikulova said.

The construction of a public toilet is underway in the Tashkent metro in a test mode, the Tashkent Metro in said in a story on Sunday.

The State Statistics Committee announced the updated minimum consumer spending index (MCSI). This index, used to determine the poverty line in the country, has been increased by 13.2% - from 440 thousand (41 USD) to 498 thousand soums (47 USD) per capita per month (14.4 thousand to 16.3 thousand soums per day).

Due to the increase in the coronavirus cases and the detection of omicron strain in Uzbekistan, the Anti-COVID-19 Commission on Sunday decided to harshen lockdown measures in the country.

The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan, at an open session on January 6, chaired by Deputy Head of the Supreme Court Ikrom Muslimov, rehabilitated 120 more people who were repressed in the 1920s-1930s, the press service of the Supreme Court said.

Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Turkic States will hold an emergency meeting on Kazakhstan on January 11 in videoconference call format, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

UK will begin to officially recognize vaccination certificates issued in Uzbekistan, the Uzbek Embassy in London said on Friday.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on January 6, the presidential press service said in a statement.

Uzbekistan has no plans to resume natural gas supplies to Russia yet, the Ministry of Energy said. The complete suspension of gas exports to Russia and a threefold decrease in its supplies to China due to the coronavirus pandemic outbreak were reported in July 2020.

The Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Kombinat (NMMC) was split into three independent entities, the company said in a statement. From January 1, the new entities are - Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Plant (production of precious metals), Navoiuran (mining and processing of natural uranium and rare earth metals) and Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Plant’s Foundation.

On December 30, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to ensure the implementation of the Uzbekistan 2022 State Budget Law Decree.

The Organization of Turkish States has issued an official statement on the situation in Kazakhstan. The statement stressed the importance of peace and stability in the wake of recent events in Kazakhstan, a member state of the organization, and its readiness to provide necessary assistance.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon on January 6, the presidential press service said.