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Azerbaijani authorities must release the opposition politician, Tofig Yagublu, arrested on charges of hooliganism, the Council of Europe (CE) has stated. International human rights organizations have treated the use of coronavirus pretext to isolate the opposition as undemocratic.

The joking statement of the head of Chechnya that he had survived the coronavirus caused criticism of social network users. Residents of the republic have criticized authorities' actions amid the pandemic and deficit of medical masks and a rise in foodstuff prices.

The distribution of free medical masks, disinfectants and gloves held by the organization "New Leaders" brought together over a hundred residents of Zugdidi, which entailed a fine imposed on the organizers thereof. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Georgia has reached 79.

An elderly patient infected with coronavirus, who also suffered from other diseases, has died, the Ministry of Public Health of Armenia has reported.

About 3000 suspected coronavirus patients are quarantined in hospitals of Azerbaijan. They have to achieve proper living conditions there.

In Azerbaijan, the number of coronavirus-infected people reached 112. Of them, three died and other five recovered.

In Georgia, residents of villages in the Marneuli and Bolnisi Districts are not informed how to behave under the strict quarantine regime, local residents report. They are concerned about the lack of money and food. People who need medical treatment in Tbilisi are not allowed to leave the closed quarantine area.

The participants of the action held by the "Revolutionary Party" in Stepanakert have demanded to announce the state of emergency in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) because of coronavirus and postpone the elections scheduled for March 31.

In Georgia, 16 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have urged the authorities to disseminate information on coronavirus also in the Azerbaijani and Armenian languages. Most of the residents of the regions of Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe Djavakheti fail to speak Georgian and can't receive data on coronavirus, activists have reported.

The introduction of strict restrictive measures caused by the coronavirus pandemic is understandable, but the threats to kill declared by the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to those who can infect others won't frighten the infection away, human rights defenders assert.

In Azerbaijan, in connection with the spread of the coronavirus infection, the Cabinet of Ministers has declared a non-working period from March 29 to April 4. It was decided not to open the border with Iran until April 20.

16 new cases of the coronavirus infection were confirmed in Armenia. The total number of coronavirus-infected people in the country reached 265.

A resident of Sochi has been staying in a hospital box for the sixth day, and doctors took tests from her for coronavirus. The woman who returned from Italy treats her compulsory hospitalization as unreasonable and insists on home quarantine.

After coronavirus was diagnosed in three locals, Chechen authorities have switched over from calls not to fear the infection to harsh criticism of quarantine regime violators. It was decided to close most of local restaurants, cinemas and concert halls.