The regular meeting of the staff of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population of Tajikistan on prevention of the spread of coronavirus was held yesterday. The meeting was chaired by Minister of Health Nasim Olimzoda.
Nasim Olimzoda expressed his view regarding current status of coronavirus in the world and stressed that unfortunately, the number of countries with confirmed cases of infection is increasing day by day.
It should be noted that 114 countries currently confirmed coronavirus cases. This situation forces Tajik specialists, including officials of all relevant ministries and departments, to take and strengthen measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
To date concrete steps have been taken in this regard, including stopped flights to six vulnerable countries, strengthened control over international airports and border crossings, restricted public events, temporarily suspended collective prayers in mosques with the exception of funeral prayers and other taken measures, but despite of this, it is necessary to adopt and implement specific action plans at the level of various ministries and departments.
It is necessary to mention that a working and interdepartmental staff are function at the level of the government and relevant ministries and departments in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Following the meeting, Nasim Olimzoda gave specific instructions to the responsible persons to prevent the spread of coronavirus to Tajikistan.
According to existing data, from February 1 through March 9, 1566 citizens who arrived from South Korea, Japan, Italy, Iran and Afghanistan have been quarantined.