According to Turko Dikaev, representative of the NANSMIT monitoring network in Khatlon province, the health authorities introduce elements of preliminary censorship.

“In order to avoid mistakes and misinformation, it is decided to share only the data, which have been fully verified on the level of the Ministry of Health”, — said Toir Tumanov, a health official in the city of Kulyab.

Prior to that, the Khatlon health authorities introduced another limitation for the media: in order to receive any data from any doctor, journalists must obtain a written permission from chief physicians in medical facilities.

NANSMIT Monitoring Service