The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev sent a congratulatory message to Alexander Lukashenko on his victory in the Belarus presidential elections, the presidential press service reported.

The Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO), with the assistance of the WHO Representative Office in Uzbekistan, delivered to the country another batch of humanitarian aid including 500 oxygen concentrators total worth of about US$ 300,000.

Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Korea before the year-end, The Korea Times said Monday. "The scheduled visit has been delayed mostly due to COVID-19. The previous visit scheduled around September has been postponed to around December," a senior official at the Ministry of Economy and Finance told The Korea Times. "Apart from the visit, a couple of joint feasibility studies are ongoing to determine the economic impact that will entail the two countries signing a bilateral free trade agreement."

Uzbekistan welcomes the decision of the consultative council meeting Loya Jirga of Afghanistan to release 400 Taliban prisoners, which was said to be the last obstacle for launching the inclusive inter-Afghan negotiations, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

On August 10, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a government meeting on boosting the public health and safety, ensuring environmental well-being and improving the waste collection and processing system, the presidential press service said.

It is difficult to overestimate the contribution of the Central Asian region to world culture and, above all, its very heart – Uzbekistan. Uzbek literature in the works of famous poets carried the idea of humanism, justice and freedom through the centuries. After all, today's writers and poets of Uzbekistan continue to broadcast them.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan on August 9 topped 30,609, the press service of the Ministry of Health said. The increase in new cases per day was 691 (the day before - 693).

On August 7 started the sixth plenary session of the Senate. During the meeting, Chairperson of the Senate Tanzila Norboeva expressed her opinion on the pandemic.

Elyor Ganiev left the post of Minister of Transport due to being moved to another role. A source told the Tashkent Times that the relevant decree was signed on August 5 by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan on August 5 increased by 746 (746 a day earlier) to reach 27,793, the Ministry of Health said.

The House of Uzbek-Tajik Friendship has opened in Rishtan district of Fergana province, the Dunyo reported. At the opening of the house, poems by Alisher Navoi and Abdurahmon Jami were recited as an example of friendship between the Uzbek and Tajik peoples, who are united by religion, similar culture, traditions and customs, the agency said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev instructed to develop, jointly with the World Bank, a technical assignment for transferring the airports of Tashkent, Bukhara, Fergana and Urgench to management under a “package principle” (when unprofitable airports are transferred together with profitable ones).

Lockdown measures could be lifted after August 15, only if we strictly comply with all restrictions, the Deputy PM Aziz Abdukhakimov said in an interview yesterday.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev had a telephone conversation with the President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani Monday, the press service of the Uzbek leader said.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan on August 3 increased by 748 (770 a day earlier) to reach 26,301, the Ministry of Health said.

Uzbekistan visas for foreign citizens who are currently in Uzbekistan are to be automatically extended until November 1, with no fines to be imposed, the State Committee for Tourism said in a statement.

Abat Fayzullayev by the July 29 decision of the Senate council has been appointed Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Austria, Dunyo reported. Prior to this appointment, he served as Assistant Minister/Head of Organizational and Supervision Department.

Today, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the non-governmental organization, Republican Informational Educational Center (RIEC) “INTILISH,” announced the launch of a new $1 million USAID-funded End Tuberculosis (TB) Uzbekistan activity. Through the new activity, USAID will support INTILISH’s efforts to combat TB, especially hard to treat drug-resistant (DR) TB.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan increased by 774, another highest daily increase, to reach 24,783, the Ministry of Health said.

On July 31, in Nukus at the age of 72, the chairman of Jokargy Kenes of Karakalpakstan, the deputy chairman of the Senate Musa Erniyazov, died, UzA said.