Uzbekistan says closed Kazakh border due to flu

Uzbekistan said on Wednesday it had closed the border with Central Asian neighbour Kazakhstan as part of a seasonal anti-flu quarantine.

On Monday, Kazakhstan said Uzbekistan shut the border without any explanations and Kazakh media, as well as residents of the Uzbek capital Tashkent, linked the move to fears about an outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus.

On Wednesday, the Uzbek government said in a statement carried by official media that it had enacted quarantine restrictions on the border “due to the spread of seasonal flu.”

The World Health Organisation (WHO) reported last Friday that Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and parts of Afghanistan were reporting higher numbers of flu cases. However, Uzbekistan says it has not registered any cases of H1N1 flu. Kazakhstan has reported 17 cases of the disease.

ALMATY (Reuters)

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