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COVID-19 in the Central Asian Region: National Responses and Regional Implications."
Connections: The Quarterly Journal 19, no. 2 (2020): 101-114.
SARS-CoV-2, the virus which is responsible for the COVID-19 disease, emerged in China in late 2019 and in early 2020 began appearing in countries around the world. The Central Asian countries—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—lie midway between China and many of its trading partners in Europe and the Middle East.