73 new cases of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in Tajikistan over the past day, bringing a total number of officially confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country to 4,763 as of the evening of June 10.
2,947 COVID-19 patients (+132 people) have reportedly recovered as of the evening of June 10, 2020.
No coronavirus-linked deaths were reported on June 10, according to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP),
The number of COVID-19-related deaths reportedly remains the same in Tajikistan – 48.
Recall, Tajik parliament has voted to criminalize spreading infectious and fine anybody not wearing a face mask while going out in public.
The bill, passed by Tajikistan’s lower chamber (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament yesterday, provides for a prison sentence of between 2 and 5 years for the intentional transmission of infectious diseases and a prison sentence of up to 10 years if the act caused grievous bodily harm.
Parliament also approved fines of 580 somoni for physical entities and by a fine of 11,600 somoni for legal entities for disseminating inaccurate and untruthful information about pandemic through media and a fine from 116 to 290 somoni for anyone not wearing a mask in public or failing to practice physical distancing of two meters.