ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan has ordered passenger trains halted from July 16 amid reports of coronavirus in the isolated Central Asian countr...
Turkmen women wearing face masks walk in Ashgabat on July 13, 2020. Reclusive Turkmenistan on July 13 recommended that residents wear masks because of"dust" even as the government insists the country is coronavirus-free. — AFP: Turkmenistan has ordered passenger trains halted from July 16 amid reports of coronavirus in the isolated Central Asian country that has yet to declare any cases.
Turkmenistan -- a tightly-controlled, oil-rich ex-Soviet state -- is one of the few countries in the world yet to declare any coronavirus cases. On Monday, some people told an AFP journalist that they were being stopped by police for not wearing masks -- a stark contrast to the government’s policy of discouraging the practice in recent months.
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