Mass deworming campaign to cover over 6.5 million children in Uzbekistan SOCIETY 10:47 128
On April 19, Uzbekistan launched a mass campaign to prevent intestinal helminthiasis among children.
The campaign will cover children from 2 to 10 years of age (over 6 million 115 thousand), as well as schoolchildren under 15 years old (445 thousand in total) studying in high-risk zones (Bukhara, Kashkadarya, Surkhandarya, Syrdarya, Tashkent and Fergana regions and Karakalpakstan), the Health Ministry said.
The first stage of the campaign will take place on April 19-24 this year.
The Ministry of Health noted that helminthiasis occurs as a result of the ingress of parasitic worms into the human body. To date, about 250 species of such parasites have been identified, of which 9 species were found in children.
Coronavirus: 243 more people test positive, death toll reaches 639 SOCIETY 10:27 178
On April 19, 243 more people tested positive for coronavirus in Uzbekistan, bringing the total number of cases to 87,225.
The Ministry of Health said 168 cases were registered in the city of Tashkent, 4 – in Karakalpakstan, 2 – in Andijan, 8 – in Bukhara, 3 – in Navoi, 4 – in Namangan, 13 – in Samarkand, 3 – in Syrdarya, 2 – in Surkhandarya, 2 – in Khorezm and 34 – in Tashkent region.
Reportedly, 1 patient died on April 19. The official death toll stands at 639.
So far, 84,533 people have recovered from the disease in the country.
Currently, 2,053 patients are being treated in hospitals, 238 of them are in serious and 109 – in critical condition.
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Russia to help Uzbekistan modernize tax and cadastral systems BUSINESS 16:20 199
Uzbekistan and Russia have signed two interdepartmental agreements in Tashkent.
The Finance Ministry of Uzbekistan and the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography of Russia inked agreements on the provision of gratuitous technical assistance to the republic by the Russian Federation in creating a system of state cadastral valuation.
The second agreement was signed between the finance ministries of Uzbekistan and Russia on the provision of gratuitous technical assistance to develop the tax administration system.
The signed agreements are a continuation of the work between the parties to improve the taxation of real estate and creating a system for working with taxpayers in Uzbekistan.