Tajik President’s sister dies of coronavirus

According to the Tajik president’s official website, a 64-year-old Qurbonbi Rahmonova, the sister of Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon, died on July 20.

A source within the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MoHSPP) said that Rahmonova had undergone medical treatment for COVID-19 in Dushanbe-based Hospital No 5 (Medgorodok).

On July 5, 88-year-old Uzbekbi Asadulloyeva, the mother-in-law of President Emomali Rahmon, also died of the coronavirus.