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BBC OS: 2020/07/08 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus conversations: Turkmenistan

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Coronavirus conversations: Turkmenistan

2020/07/08 16:06 GMT

2020/07/08 16:06 GMT: Coronavirus conversations: Turkmenistan

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Coronavirus conversations: Turkmenistan

Does the Central Asian nation really have zero cases of Covid-19?

Turkmenistan is a country of nearly 6 million people in Central Asia, ruled by an autocratic government and difficult to access from the rest of the world. It's also one of the few countries that is yet to report a single case of Covid-19. Is that a credible claim? Reports from inside the country suggest there are indeed cases and deaths. A team of WHO experts have now arrived to investigate. We speak to the BBC correspondent following the story and also a Turkmen journalist in exile.

We hear what is happening in Serbia after protests against the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Dozens of police and protesters were hurt in riots that broke out around the National Assembly in Belgrade.

And a WHO official answers more of your questions about the pandemic - including the latest official guidance on masks and what we're learning about whether the coronavirus is "airborne".

Picture: Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov at a parade for World Bicycle Day on June 3rd, despite the global pandemic (Igor Sasin / AFP via Getty Images)

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