Tajikistan may expand the list of countries from which entry will be prohibited

The list of countries whose citizens are restricted from entering Tajikistan can be increased. This was reported by Deputy Health Minister Mirkhamuddin Kamolzoda, transfers today, March 16, Avesta. There are now six such countries (China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Iran and Afghanistan), but the list can be revised upwards, which we will definitely inform the media, he told reporters. The Deputy Head of the Ministry of Health of the country noted that the closure of the Uzbek-Tajik border by the Uzbek side is normal: Such a solution under the current circumstances is normal, when six cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in Uzbekistan, there are cases of infection in Kazakhstan, but this does not mean that we will not maintain relations with our neighbors. Recall, Tajikistan on March 2 closed the entry into the country of citizens of 35 countries. However, the authorities later lifted the ban on most states on the list, leaving only the five countries mentioned by the Deputy Minister China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Iran and Afghanistan. Read earlier: Tajikistan reduced by 7 times the list of countries prohibited for entry