On March 18, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev at a videoconference devoted to issues of makhalla and family, raised the problem of coronavirus spread in the country.

As previously reported, a coronavirus was detected in a citizen of Uzbekistan, who arrived at 5:15 of March 15 by the flight HY274 from Istanbul. According to recent data, the virus has been also detected in the spouse, who has arrived with the patient by this flight, and in another citizen.