number to 230 cases, including 110 cases in dushanbe, 22 cases in towns and districts of republican subordination, 7 in gorno-badakhshan, 21 in khatlon region, 70 in sughd region. all regions has cases. on 6 may, the tajikistan football federation extended the suspension of football indefinitely. the total number of cases is 379 with 8 deaths and 246 recoveries. as of may 8, there were 461 cases and 12 deaths. july 2020 sughd civil registry office death report for the first half year of 2020 on july 15, during a press conference at the sughd civil registry office, it was reported that over the first six months of 2020 203 people had died of pneumonia, 109 people had died of heart disease and other types of lung diseases in the region. at the same time, it was noted that "none of the medical records listed covid-19 as the cause of death." january 2021 by january 13, 2021, it was reported by the government that all cases had either recovered or died, leaving the country free of covid-19 for the first time since april 2020. tajikistan reported to be the first country in central asia to eradicate covid-19, and would be the only country with over 10,000 total cases to have zero active cases. however, in spite of the rapid decline in cases, without further lockdown or vaccination policies being put in place, given the continuing number of active cases exceeding 1,000 in the neighboring countries of uzbekistan, kyrgyzstan and afghanistan, it is unlikely that the virus has been eradicated from the country. june 2021 after five months and twelve days, tajikistan recorded 63 news covid-19. humanitarian aid china china has provided humanitarian assistance to tajikistan to support the tajik authorities' preventive and mitigation efforts against the novel coronavirus (covid-19). the handover ceremony of the humanitarian assistance took place on the tajik-chinese border in the gorno badakhshan autonomous region (gbao) on march 30. according to the tajik mfa information department, the assistance included: 2,000 kits of nucleic acid reagents to detect the virus that causes covid-19; 1,000 medical protective coveralls; 500 non-contact thermometers; 1,000 medial eyeglasses, 1,000 pairs of disposable medical gloves; and 1,000 pairs of disposable medical overshoes. germany at the formal request of the ministry of health and social protection of the population of the republic of tajikistan (mhspprt) and with financial support from the german federal ministry for economic cooperation and development (bmz), the branch of the german caritas association in tajikistan (caritas germany) provided nearly €33,500 worth of humanitarian aid to 16 cities and districts in tajikistan. donations, which included 2,000 protective suits; 810 hygiene kits; and 400 packages of foodstuffs, were aimed at strengthening preventive measures against covid-19. iran on may 7, the presidential press office of tajikistan announced a phone conversation between emomali rahmon and hassan rouhani, the president of iran about the pandemic and the iranian president expressed preparations of iran for helping tajikistan with the pandemic, including sending equipment, health professionals and pharmaceuticals. 5 days later on may 12, the first iranian medical aid cargo was sent to tajikistan. the 6 tons cargo included n95 and other masks, isolated clothing, scrubs, face shields, etc. kazakhstan in the context of the covid-19 crisis, kazakhstan has offered humanitarian aid to its central asian neighbours kyrgyzstan and tajikistan, answering a request by bishkek and dushanbe. the president of kazakhstan, kassym-jomart tokayev, took the decision earlier this week to provide humanitarian assistance to its two neighbours. this includes 5,000 tons of kazakhstan's flour for each country worth more than $3 million. the decision was made following the official requests of the kyrgyz and tajik sides for food supplies. both kyrgyzstan and tajikistan have applied for imf emergency financing. an imf official said tajikistan could potentially receive the equivalent of its imf quota which stands at about $240 million. neighbouring kyrgyzstan, which has already received $121 million from the fund, has asked to double the sum, fully utilising its own quota. a nurse prepares a covid vaccine dose supplied by usaid united states through usaid, the united states provided over three million doses of covid vaccine developed by american brands pfizer and moderna as well as $13.5 million in equipment and technical support for medical supplies, protective equipment, medical laboratory upgrades, and training to both public health officials and medical professionals. uzbekistan on april 9, uzbekistan provided humanitarian aid to tajikistan totalling about $2.5 million, eighteen train cars carrying 1,000 tons of wheat flour and medical protective equipment, including disinfectants, medical gowns, disposable medical gloves, medical eyeglasses, face masks and disposable medical shoe covers, reportedly arrived in dushanbe. on may 8, on the instructions of the president, 8 uzbek virologists and 10 tons of medical equipment, including 10 lung ventilators, were sent to dushanbe. on may 9, 144 medical containers were sent to tajikistan from uzbekistan for a temporary hospital at the bofanda stadium in dushanbe. foreign aids accredited as local by the authorities a heated debate was caused by "charitable help" with medicines from the local "avesto group" company, where china's humanitarian aid for tajikistan was among the cargo. a video about this got on the internet, logos of tajik-chinese friendship are visible on boxes with humanitarian aid. users of social networks fell into indignation and harsh criticism of the "avesto group" company, in which, according to the opposition, part of the action belongs to rustam emomali, the son of the country's president, chairman of the majlisi milli. consequences press freedom in tajikistan tajikistan expert odinasho sharopov explains why there is an effective media blackout on covid-19 reporting. the central asian country has for years been at the bottom of press freedom indexes. the media is under government control in every possible way. content on electronic media such as television and radio stations is especially tightly controlled. most media outlets are owned by the government. independent television and radio stations have been forced to tighten their grip on self-censorship for fear of losing their licenses. so they mainly produce entertainment. but it is obvious that the prosecution of these media organizations for criticism also plays a role. in freedom of speech ratings from around the globe, various reputable international organizations have put tajikistan at the very end in recent years. and now, several dozen tajik journalists, who worked in these publications, have in the meantime received asylum in europe — including in germany. statistics infections here are the cases listed which were reported to the who by national authorities. because the situation is very dynamic, there may be differences or delays between the data of who and the data from national authorities as well as the information from other sources, such as johns hopkins university (csse). confirmed infections (cumulative) in tajikistanaccording to who data confirmed infections (new cases) in tajikistanaccording to who data notes starting august 17, 2020 the who publishing regarding covid-19 situation based on a weekly report (accumulated cases in the last 7 days). deaths here are the cases listed which were reported to the who by national authorities. because the situation is very dynamic, there may be differences or delays between the data of who and the data from national authorities as well as the information from other sources, such as johns hopkins university (csse). confirmed deaths (cumulative) in tajikistanaccording to who data confirmed deaths (new cases) in tajikistanaccording to who data notes the who report - no.117 dated may 16, 2020 was amended (-5 deaths), which led to a decrease in the total number of reported cases. starting august 17, 2020 the who publishing regarding covid-19 situation based on a weekly report (accumulated cases in the last 7 days).