2020 in Uzbekistan

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Events in the year 2020 in Uzbekistan.

Incumbents

Mirziyoyev in 2018

• President: Shavkat Mirziyoyev
• Prime Minister: Abdulla Oripov
• Chairman of the Senate: Tanzila Norbaeva
• Speaker of the Supreme Assembly: Nurdinjon Ismoilov

Events

January

• January 5 – 2nd round of the 2019–20 Uzbek parliamentary election.[1]

March

• March 15 – The first COVID-19 case in the country is confirmed, resulting in kindergartens, schools, and borders being closed.[2][3]

• Since March 16 – Uzbekistan have been banned from gathering mass events gather with the participation of more than 10,000 participants.

• March 22 – The country ordered companies in Tashkent to do remote working, as well as making protective masks mandatory.[4][5]
• March 27 – The first COVID-19 death was reported in the country.[6][7]

Deaths

March

• March 9 – Azim Suyun, poet (b. 1948).[8]

See also

Country overviews

• Uzbekistan
• History of Uzbekistan
• Outline of Uzbekistan
• Government of Uzbekistan
• Politics of Uzbekistan
• Years in Uzbekistan

Related timelines for current period

• 2020
• 2020 in politics and government
• 2020s

References

1. "A Year in Review: Uzbekistan Continues to Open Up at Home and to the World". The Jamestown Foundation. 15 January 2020.
2. "Uzbekistan confirms first coronavirus case". www.arabnews.com. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
3. "Uzbekistan Confirms First Coronavirus Case, Closes Schools, Borders". The New York Times. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
4. Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
5. Reynolds, Matt (4 March 2020). "What is coronavirus and how close is it to becoming a pandemic?". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
6. "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
7. "High consequence infectious diseases (HCID); Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
8. "Shoir Azim Suyun olamdan o'tdi". uzreport.news (in Uzbek). 9 March 2020.