Kyrgyzstan may return to a state of emergency amid pandemic

Kyrgyzstan will consider declaring a state of emergency in two major cities and two provinces over a resurgence in the coronavirus pandemic. Report says, citing RIA Novosti.

Deputy health minister Madamin Karatayev said the government was particularly concerned about Bishkek, the second-biggest city of Osh and Osh and Chu's provinces, where it was considering re-declaring a state of emergency.

Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov missed a World War Two victory parade in Russia this week after two people who accompanied him on a flight to Moscow tested positive for the respiratory disease on arrival.

Previously state of emergency lasted until May, during which the former Soviet republic locked down several cities and districts, including the capital, Bishkek, and imposed a curfew there.

The number of coronavirus infections has more than doubled to 3,954 this month in the nation of 6.5 million people that borders China.