Monday 16 March 2020

Uzbekistan Airways suspends international flights from 16 March to 5 April 2020

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                 / KUCINTA SETIA


Uzbekistan Airways is suspending international flights from 16 March 2020. The suspension will continue until 5 April 2020.

According to Uzbekistan Airways, the final international flights on 16 March 2020 are on the route to Taskhent from Delhi (flight HY426) and the Tashkent - Riga - Tashkent flights (HY103/HY104). Other international flights and regional flights to the CIS countries are suspended.

Uzbekistan Airways will perform charter flights to evacuate Uzbekistanis from foreign countries. Uzbekistanis arriving in Tashkent will be quarantined for 14 days.

The Uzbekistan government announced that all land transportation services and international flights to Tashkent will be cancelled on 16 March, with exception of the above flights of Uzbekistan Airways. Besides,  all schools in Uzbekistan are effectively closed for three weeks. Pupils and students will attend virtual lessons at homes. These online school lessons are conducted by the Uzbekistan Ministry of Education.

Uzbekistan's first covid case is recorded on 15 March 2020, a Uzbekistani returning from Paris on a Uzbekistan Airways flight. By 16 March 2020, there are four covid patients in the Central Asia country, including the Uzbekistani's son and daughter. To manage the pandemic, the Uzbekistan government has stopped exports of surgical face masks, and will increase face mask production by 10 times the volume of previous production to meet internal demand.

Web Refs: https://www.uzairways.com/en/press-center/news/uzbekistan-airways-suspends-all-international-flightshttps://www.minhangshi.com/m/h5/detail/8027761


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