Due to the growing number of deaths and infected from the new coronavirus in China, there are numerous reports on social networks that allegedly the disease is also registered in Tajikistan and has led to the death and hospitalization of several people.
After the publication of such news, many country’s citizens contacted the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the population of Tajikistan and asked with concern whether the coronavirus was registered in the country or nor!?
In this regard, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population brings to the attention of citizens the fact that to date, no one case of coronavirus have been registered in the country.
Also, the Ministry, in connection with the information about the alleged death of one person on the Somon Air plane due to this disease and the hospitalization of another one in the Mansurov clinical hospital, reports that it is completely untrue.
Meanwhile, Director of the Tajik Gastroenterology Institute Saodat Azimova said that so far no one has been diagnosed with coronavirus.
She categorically denied rumors that one person was hospitalized at the Institute because of this disease.
Also, Chief of Somon Air Press Center Temur Bandishoev noted due to the information that appeared today on the website of www.ittiloot.com regarding the alleged fatalities aboard a Somon Air flight en route from China to Tajikistan, the airline states that this information is not true. The airline tried to contact the site’s editors, however, the site did not provide a contact number and address where the editorial office is located. An email was sent to the editorial office with a request to remove fake information. But these attempts were in vain. In this regard, the airline is forced to give a rebuttal through other media and asks passengers not to trust information published on sites of a doubtful origin.
It seems that at this difficult time, some groups and individuals are interested in publishing false information about the spread of coronavirus in Tajikistan, and thus want to intimidate people or achieve their own interests.
The Ministry in collaboration with the relevant structures has taken all necessary measures to detect and prevent the spread of coronavirus, and, fortunately, so far no cases of infection have been recorded in the country.
The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population calls on the country’s citizens not to believe in rumors and unfounded and false news as well as in case of any question to call the Press Center of the Ministry by the following phone number 446006002.
