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Uzbekistan sends humanitarian aid to Belarus

Uzbekistan has sent humanitarian aid to Belarus to help fight the coronavirus (COVID-19), Trend reports with reference to Embassy of Uzbekistan in Belarus.

"The Uzbek side donated disposable overalls, respirators, protective goggles, gloves and masks - a total of 513,000 protective items. Also 500,000 meters of gauze, 50 000 packages of antiseptics and 10 000 liters of medical alcohol were delivered by air," reads the report.

According to the latest data, the number of people affected by coronavirus in Belarus is 2,226, while most of them suffer from light and medium forms of the disease.

A total of 2031 patients with confirmed coronavirus infection are on hospital treatment, 52 people need the support of an artificial lung ventilation device, 23 patients died.

Earlier Uzbekistan provided humanitarian aid to China, Iran, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan.

The total number of coronavirus infected people in Uzbekistan is 865. To date, 66 people in the country have fully recovered from the coronavirus infection.

The first case of coronavirus infection in Uzbekistan was detected on March 15 in the laboratory of the Research Institute of Virology; it was an Uzbek woman who returned from France. The Ministry of Health later announced that her son, daughter, husband and grandson also tested coronavirus-positive.

13 April 2020 / 12:44