on 13 september, the number of confirmed covid cases in azerbaijan up to over 38,400. statistics daily new cases new cases per day 7-day moving average daily new deaths new deaths per day 7-day moving average of new deaths per day government response some critics of the government have been arrested for allegedly spreading false information about the covid-19 pandemic. other cases on 26 february, georgia confirmed its first covid-19 case. a 50-year-old man, who returned to georgia from iran, was admitted to infectious diseases hospital in tbilisi. he came back to the georgian border via azerbaijan by taxi. on 28 february, belarus confirmed its first case. a student from iran tested positive on 27 february and was admitted to a hospital in minsk. the individual arrived in belarus via a flight from baku, azerbaijan, on 22 february. on 11 march, health ministry of kuwait confirmed two people to have covid-19, who came in contact with an infected person whom arrived in kuwait from azerbaijan. evacuation of citizens on 1 february, turkey's health minister fahrettin koca, has said a total of 44 people, including 34 turkish citizens, 6 azerbaijanis, 3 georgians and 1 albanian have been evacuated from wuhan. on 15 march, charter flights started to launch for the return of azerbaijan citizens from turkey since mutual trips of turkish and azerbaijani citizens by air and land have been temporarily suspended to prevent the spread of coronavirus. those returned from turkey quarantined for 14–28 days. on 17 march, azerbaijan started to launch charter flights from european union countries, russia and other countries to evacuate citizens. on 20 april, azerbaijan evacuated 548 azerbaijani citizens from russia. impact on 4 march, first tour of the baku road bicycle racing cup (supposed to be held on march 7–8) and azerbaijani basketball championship matches have been cancelled. on 10 march, the traditional festivities related to novruz holiday in baku and azerbaijan's regions in march have been canceled. on 13 march, 55th european karate championship (supposed to be held on march 25–29) had been cancelled. also the azerbaijan premier league was postponed due to the pandemic. additionally the finals for the baku world cup for artistic gymnastics (scheduled for 14–15 march) was cancelled after qualifications had already taken place. on 17 march, uefa announced that uefa euro 2020 (azerbaijan is one of the host countries) would be delayed by a year due to the covid-19 pandemic in europe. on 23 march, organisers of the azerbaijan grand prix announced that the race had been postponed, then later cancelled on june 12 due to logistical difficulties associated with establishing a street circuit on short notice. global solidarity azerbaijan has donated us$5 million to who, us$5 million to iran, medical supplies to xian city and mianyang of china, and sent humanitarian aid to bosnia and herzegovina to support their fight against the covid-19 pandemic. in addition to financial, humanitarian and medical donations to other countries and organizations, azerbaijan has also shown its solidarity with the nations fighting against the covid-19 pandemic by illuminating the heydar aliyev center with the colors of the flags of the countries affected by covid-19. the process started on april 3, 2020, with the chinese flag and then the flags of france, germany, iran, italy, russia, spain, turkey, the uk, the usa, georgia, the eu, and the who were projected daily onto the building of hac designed by designer zaha hadid.