Medical workers have met people at the entrance to the Darvoz districts of Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) for the last week measuring temperature and requiring them to be self-isolated for two week.  

According to the GBAO regional administration, medical workers have also carried out explanatory work among people arriving in the region on prevention of the novel coronavirus (COID-19).  

“To-date, no one person with fever or other symptoms have been reported,” a source within the GBAO government told Asia-Plus in an interview.

Recall, Tajikistan-China border and Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border in GBAO are still closed  

Tajikistan has not reported single coronavirus infection yet -- prompting suspicions that the authorities are not accurately reporting information about the pandemic in the country.

Despite official statement about the absence of COVID-19 infection the country, all regions of Tajikistan have toughened prevention measures carrying out disinfection operations.