


Some of Central Asia’s dictators gained notoriety for their gross mismanagement of the coronavirus crisis, outdone only by Donald Trump. If the regime in Turkmenistan was ridiculed and shamed for banning people from mentioning coronavirus, in Tajikistan it claimed to have zero coronavirus cases.
Until a few days ago, Dushanbe’s claim was just that, a claim by an autocratic system. However, on April 24, Eurasianet reported that “the World Health Organization in Tajikistan, where the government maintains it has recorded no cases of COVID-19 despite a mounting number of mysterious deaths, has declined to respond to queries from independent media, deepening concerns that the public is being deprived of clear and impartial information on a potential health crisis.”
Courtesy: Eurasianet.org