COVID-19: Uzbekhistan to lockdown city from March 24
Turkish Airlines has also suspend nearly all international flights
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Uzbekistan will lock down its capital city Tashkent from March 24, the Central Asian nation's government said.
With all but one of Uzbekistan's 46 confirmed cases registered in the city of more than 2.5 million, the government has already shut down public transit in the capital and ordered most businesses to switch to remote working.
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Meanwhile, Turkey's flag carrier Turkish Airlines suspended nearly all international flights as of Monday until April 17.
The only exceptions are New York, Washington, Hong Kong, Moscow and Addis Ababa, the airline said in a statement.
The airline will continue its domestic flights with cutbacks and cargo operations as planned.
