Believe it or not. 04.04.2020

[Okiya]

Turkmenistan government which is ran by the flamboyant dentist-rapper strongman Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has banned the use of the word Corona virus and has threatened jail term for anyone found wearing a mask.

Turkmenistan has 0 covid 19 infections and 0 deaths.

 

[Mwalimu-G]

Funny, it has a city called Mary; and it borders hard hit Iran.

 

[Mwendawazimu]

A time like this dictators might be killing anyone suspected of having corona to save their country.

 

[mzeiya]

Once saw a feature of the eccentric behaviour of their leader... I was speechless

 

[ranny wa klist]

Turkmenistan government which is ran by the flamboyant dentist-rapper strongman Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has banned the use of the word Corona virus and has threatened jail term for anyone found wearing a mask.

Turkmenistan has 0 covid 19 infections and 0 deaths.

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And they will explain away a spike in cold/ flu/ pneumonia deaths as a result of global warming. I expect our neighbors here to do the same while maintaining low covid figures. I mean they completely hid their Ebola figures

 

[Mwalimu-G]

I mean they completely hid their Ebola figures

Ebola and other haemorrhagic fevers carry a lot of stigma... no country, especially those that depend on some tourism like to be associaated with them.

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Tens of thousands of Afghans have returned home from Iran. Photograph: Hamed Sarfarazi/AP
More than 130,000 Afghans have fled the coronavirus outbreak convulsing Iran to return home to Afghanistan amid fears they are bringing new infections with them to the conflict-ridden and impoverished country.
The huge spike in Afghans crossing the porous border from Iran, in one of the biggest cross-border movements of the pandemic, has led to mounting fears in the humanitarian community over the potential impact of new infections carried from Iran, one of the countries worst affected by the virus.
With the Afghan ministry of health warning that some 16 million people could become infected and tens of thousands could die, experts say the wave of returning labourers and refugees, who are then dispersing throughout the country, is threatening an already complex health and security situation.
According to a joint situation report from the World Health Organization and the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs at the weekend, while only 174 Afghans are confirmed to have the virus, the real number may be much higher because of limited ability to test and trace contacts.

 

[Ssabasajja]

Central Asia shida tupu. But information on those countries whose names end with -stan ni kidogo.