Kyrgyzstan's coronavirus restrictions may have been relaxed in recent weeks, but 73-year-old diabetes patient Lyudmila Kutenkova isn't yet ready to part ways with the man she calls "my guy.”
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Kyrgyz daily life edges out of lockdown
Residents of Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek trickled back to shopping malls on Monday but steered clear of public transport as economic activity resumed following a two-month coronavirus lockdown.
Kyrgyzstan says negotiating debt restructuring with China
Kyrgyzstan's government said Wednesday it was in talks with China to restructure nearly $2 billion in loans after having asking Beijing for debt relief in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Kyrgyzstan’s sewing industry reorients to survive coronavirus slump
COVID-19 has not stopped thesewing machines at Zukhra Kemelbekova’s factory in northern Kyrgyzstan. Her seamstresses are busy making protective gowns and masks.
Kyrgyzstan medics face 'huge' virus threat as cases spike
Kyrgyzstan admitted Thursday its medical staff face a "huge threat" from COVID-19, with infections within the medical community accounting for almost 20 percent of the Central Asian country's total.
Kyrgyzstan asks China for debt relief amid pandemic
Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday asked China for debt relief, as the impoverished Central Asian state struggles with the economic shocks of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Smog veils Central Asia cities as smoky stoves choke locals
In Almaty and Bishkek, a heavy cloud of dark smog often blots out the view as air pollution regularly soars to levels comparable to those in New Delhi and Lahore, even the Central Asian cities have fewer people and industries than their Indian and Pakistani counterparts.
Kyrgyzstan asks China for grant instead of loan
As unease spreads about its mounting pile of debt to China, Kyrgyzstan’s government has switched tack by asking Beijing to lend less and give more.