Turkmenistan has 3 border quarantine zones for COVID-19 detection - Ministry of Health.

Ashgabat, April 22, /Arzuw NEWS/. As part of an information briefing held today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkmen Health Minister N. Amannepesov spoke about the existing quarantine zones in the country:

As for quarantine points - we have created all conditions. There is a quarantine point in Turkmenbashi with 360 beds.

There are about 40 citizens who entered our country in Lebap velayat. According to WHO principles, we should keep the citizens who entered the country under 14-day quarantine. In Turkmenbashi there are 67 citizens who entered through Baku port - drivers with trucks and ship crews. We have organized a quarantine zone in Karabogaz border point where 44 citizens, drivers who entered are located. All of them are being diagnosed for coronavirus.

- emphasized the Minister.

It should be noted that none of the citizens temporarily quarantined at these border checkpoints were found to be infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus. According to the Minister, the quarantine points continue to work as usual.