KYRGYZSTAN – BISHKEK – COVID – 19 – FIRST THREE CASES #Gallery

(200318) — BISHKEK, March 18, 2020 (Xinhua) — Kyrgyzstan Minister of Health Kosmosbek Cholponbaev speaks during a briefing in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 18, 2020. Kyrgyzstan has its first three confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection and all the cases are imported, Minister of Health Kosmosbek Cholponbaev said Wednesday. The three Kyrgyz men are residents of the Suzak region of the Jalal-Abad Oblast who returned home after performing a minor hajj in Saudi Arabia, Cholponbaev said in a briefing. (Photo by Roman/Xinhua)