BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday extended until April 30 the state of emergency introduced in its two major cities and several districts due to the coronavirus outbreak, President Sooronbai Jeenbekov’s office said.
The Central Asian nation bordering China has confirmed 430 cases of the disease and has introduced a lockdown and a curfew in its capital, Bishkek.
(Reporting by Olga Dzyubenko; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Jon Boyle)
