The next daily information on ZF 2001 vaccine tests in Uzbekistan was provided. It was noted that as of January 6, 2021, the total number of citizens who participated in the phase III testing of the coronavirus ZF 2001 vaccine was 1,270 people.

During the eleventh plenary session, the senators discussed the Cultural Activities And Cultural Organizations Bill, the press servise of the Senate said. The Bill was reportedly earlier considered by the Senate Committee on Youth, Culture and Sports with the participation of experts.

On January 5, a number of thermal power plants in Uzbekistan experienced partial blackouts. The Ministry of Energy reported that the TPP's emergency control equipment was triggered due to unscheduled shutdowns on the power lines of the unified energy system connecting Central Asia and Kazakhstan.

The Deputy Minister of Transport Davron Dekhkanov was fired by a presidential decree, a source in the government told the Tashkent Times.

Tashkent State Economic University and Turku University of Applied Sciences (Finland) have launched a joint undergraduate program "Information Technologies and Business Mangement", Dunyo news agency said.

The Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov and the chief of the Presidential Administration Zainilobiddin Nizomiddinov, on the president's instruction, chaired a meeting in the Cabinet of Ministers on the results of 2020 and priority goals for 2021, a source in the government told the Tashkent Times.

The websites of the Surkhandarya province governor’s office, as well as mayor’s office of the cities and districts of the province (11 websites in total) were hacked on January 6.

Uzbekistan Airways has accepted the delivery of a new Airbus A320 Neo, CAPA Fleet Database said. It became the 12th Airbus in the company’s fleet.

South Korean Evergreen Motors will build a new car market near Tashkent, the Tashkent province governor’s office said.

A delegation of 20 medical specialists from Afghanistan arrived in Uzbekistan for training on the treatment of coronavirus infection, the Uzbek Ministry of Health said.

A footage surfaced on social networks in a vigilante group attacks a man who, according to them, was recording traffic violations near a market in Jalakuduk district of Andijan province.

The National Anti-Corruption Council has approved a Road map for implementing international anti-corruption standards into Uzbek legislation, the Anti-Corruption Agency said in a statement.

An outdoor skating rink will open in front of the State Academic Grand Theater named after Alisher Navoi in Tashkent on January 7, the Tourism Development Committee said in a statement.

66 hotels and 12 malls are planned to build in Tashkent in two years, the Tashkent’s Tourism Development Department said in a statement.

Twelve people were hospitalized in Turakurgan district of Namangan province between December 29-31 as a result of alcohol poisoning, the General Prosecutor's Office said in a statement. Two people died, despite the efforts of doctors.

“Tashkent responded to Dushanbe's request and now will build a distribution center for COVID-19 patients,” the Tajik news publication Asia-Plus said in a statement.

Classes at all universities will start on January 11 in Uzbekistan, said the spokesman to the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education Farhad Babashev during a briefing at the Agency of Information and Mass Communications.

Feruza gets the keys from her pocket and unlocks the door to storeroom. She opens one of the bags near the entry, gets a handful of wheat grains and shows evenly shaped reddish seeds. “Aren’t they lovely?” she asks with a touch of admiration in her voice.

Mubınabonu B., a 28-year-old Uzbekistan national, who allegedly had psychological problems, jumped from the 10th floor of a building. The incident took place at Mavişehir neighbourhood of the Karşıyaka district of Izmir at around 14:00.

Apple Inc. will soon open an office in Tashkent, the spokesman to the Information Technologies Development Ministry Sherzod Akhmatov announced at a briefing on Monday. He did not however elaborate on the opening date.