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[the daily numbers have been esculating quite a bit, so I looked into it]
July 17, 2020
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has reprimanded Health Minister Alisher Shodmonov, Tashkent Mayor Jahongir Ortiqhojaev, and other top regional officials for what he called "failing" to properly handle the situation around the coronavirus outbreak, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reported.
The July 16 announcement came a day after Mirziyoyev said during a government session that ministry and regional officials, "especially the government of the Tashkent region and Tashkent city officials," had lost control over the situation at medical facilities, adding that the ministry had "significantly violated the strategy and tactics" of the efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the last 30 days.
Mirziyoyev stressed that in recent weeks important medicines used to treat acute respiratory diseases either disappeared from pharmacies or prices jumped by as much as 800 percent.
"People have no information about where to refer to get tests on coronavirus or get treatment for coronavirus and other diseases. It became a problem to get an ambulance assistance," Mirziyoyev said.
Mirziyoyev ordered a tripling of so-called mobile groups that deal with coronavirus patients at all hospitals in Tashkent and the region, as well as the addition of 1,000 beds at a newly built hospital in the capital, measures to regulate medicine prices, improvements to ambulance services and call-center operations, and an increase in financial compensation for medical personnel.
According to official data, the number of coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan has exceeded 14 thousand, including over 70 deaths.
https://www.timesca.com/index.php/ne...le-coronavirus
July 17, 2020
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has reprimanded Health Minister Alisher Shodmonov, Tashkent Mayor Jahongir Ortiqhojaev, and other top regional officials for what he called "failing" to properly handle the situation around the coronavirus outbreak, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reported.
The July 16 announcement came a day after Mirziyoyev said during a government session that ministry and regional officials, "especially the government of the Tashkent region and Tashkent city officials," had lost control over the situation at medical facilities, adding that the ministry had "significantly violated the strategy and tactics" of the efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the last 30 days.
Mirziyoyev stressed that in recent weeks important medicines used to treat acute respiratory diseases either disappeared from pharmacies or prices jumped by as much as 800 percent.
"People have no information about where to refer to get tests on coronavirus or get treatment for coronavirus and other diseases. It became a problem to get an ambulance assistance," Mirziyoyev said.
Mirziyoyev ordered a tripling of so-called mobile groups that deal with coronavirus patients at all hospitals in Tashkent and the region, as well as the addition of 1,000 beds at a newly built hospital in the capital, measures to regulate medicine prices, improvements to ambulance services and call-center operations, and an increase in financial compensation for medical personnel.
According to official data, the number of coronavirus cases in Uzbekistan has exceeded 14 thousand, including over 70 deaths.
https://www.timesca.com/index.php/ne...le-coronavirus