The Uzbek authorities count on the U.S. support in terms of accession to the WTO in the status of a developing country, Dunyo said.

Cool air mass from the Caucasus spread to the northern regions of Uzbekistan yesterday, prompting slight decrease in air temperature, the Uzhydromet said.

Abdurakhim Kurbonov, a deputy of the Ecological Party at the Legislative Chamber has died at the age of 47, the lower house said in a statement.

The Ministry of Health reported of 490 people being diagnosed with coronavirus and 208 with pneumonia in Uzbekistan yesterday. "As of July 7, 2021, the number of registered coronavirus infections in Uzbekistan stands at 114,529 (+490)," the report said.

On July 9, the weather in Uzbekistan will be very hot, with temperatures 5-8 degrees Celsius above average. During the day, the temperature will hit to 41-43oC, and in the south and desert areas up to 44-46 degrees.

Pre-investigation probe begun over the suicide of a 17-year-old male in Pastdargom district of Samarkand province, said the spokesman to the General Prosecutor's Office Khayot Shamsutdinov.

An open electronic register of persons found guilty of corruption crimes will be kept in Uzbekistan. According to the Ministry of Justice, this is stipulated by the president’s July 6 Measures to create an environment of uncompromising attitude to corruption, drastically reduce corruption factors in state and public administration and expand public participation in this area Decree.

On the initiative of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Tashkent will on July 15-16 host the international conference: Central and South Asia: Regional Interconnectivity. Challenges and Opportunities, the presidential press service said in a statement.

The list of world’s most powerful passports for 2020 was recently released with Uzbekistan at the 86th rank. The Henley Passport Index 2021 showed Uzbekistan’s position 5 ranks lower in 2021 than it was the previous year. Nevertheless, Uzbek passport holders can still access 57 countries visa free.

Several changes took place in the leadership of a number of government bodies. Bakhodir Yusupaliev was dismissed from the deputy minister of health job, while he will keep the position of the chief of the Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health Service.

Online talks were held between the foreign ministers of Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan on July 7 at the initiative of the UN Center for Preventive Diplomacy, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry.

471 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Uzbekistan on July 6 (the previous day - 496) and 195 (172) cases of pneumonia, 4 (3) people who had COVID-19 died, the Ministry of Health. The Ministry has been publishing statistics on pneumonia since July 5.

From January 1, 2022, Uzbekistan will introduce a system of of mandatory income and property declaration by civil servants, heads and deputies of state enterprises and institutions where government holds a stake of over 50%, as well as their spouses and minor children.

Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has today changed the Government of Uzbekistan's rating outlook to positive from stable, and concurrently affirmed the B1 long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings and the (P)B1 senior unsecured MTN program ratings.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev by his July 1 decree approved the National Strategy of Uzbekistan on Countering Extremism and Terrorism for 2021-2026 and a roadmap for its implementation.

Today, the Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov met with the Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Vladimir Norov, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Today, Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with the former president of Kazakhstan - Nursultan Nazarbayev, the presidential press service said in a statement.

On July 5, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations Bill into Law.

Russian military instructors have begun training for Uzbek servicemen at the Sazagan military training facility in Samarkand province, the Uzbek Ministry of Defense said.

The Ministry of Health has begun publishing statistics on the incidence of pneumonia along with data on new cases of coronavirus.