Tajikistan has finally admitted it is in the throes of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis,

According to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP), fifteen confirmed COID-19 cases have been reported in the country as of April 29 – ten cases in the Sughd province and five cases in Dushanbe.

This was officially announced today at an extraordinary session of the Republican Commission for Prevention of the Spread of COVID-19, which was presided over by Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda.  

Recall, health officials had previously said that it was pneumonia to be sweeping through the population.