<p>Kyrgyzstan on Saturday declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak with measures including travel restrictions and store closures after the Central Asian country reported 14 cases.</p>.<p>The emergency measures take effect Sunday and are to last a month in the ex-Soviet state, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Mukhammetkalyi Abylgaziev said.</p>.<p>The mountainous country of six million people on Saturday saw its tally rise by two cases.</p>.<p>The premier said regional officials were in charge of ensuring supplies of essential goods and medicines.</p>.<p>"People shouldn't encounter shortages of food and medicines anywhere," he said.</p>.<p>Emergency measures proposed by the national security council focus on the capital, the southern city of Osh and districts where cases have been confirmed, he said.</p>.<p>The mayor's office in Bishkek said that from Sunday it was closing non-essential stores except grocery stores, food markets and pharmacies.</p>.<p>It also announced a halt to privately owned minibuses running city routes, leaving only a basic service of trolleybuses.</p>.<p>"We ask you to stay at home and avoid using public transport," the city hall said in a statement, asking people to wear face masks and to not attend weddings, funerals or wakes.</p>.<p>Of the Central Asian countries formerly part of the USSR, oil-rich Kazakhstan has confirmed the most COVID-19 cases at 53, and it declared a state of emergency on Monday. Its two main cities went into lockdown on Thursday.</p>.<p>Uzbekistan has the second largest number of confirmed cases at 37 and this week completely closed its borders.</p>.<p>Two countries, politically isolated Turkmenistan and impoverished Tajikistan, have declared no cases.</p>
<p>Kyrgyzstan on Saturday declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak with measures including travel restrictions and store closures after the Central Asian country reported 14 cases.</p>.<p>The emergency measures take effect Sunday and are to last a month in the ex-Soviet state, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Mukhammetkalyi Abylgaziev said.</p>.<p>The mountainous country of six million people on Saturday saw its tally rise by two cases.</p>.<p>The premier said regional officials were in charge of ensuring supplies of essential goods and medicines.</p>.<p>"People shouldn't encounter shortages of food and medicines anywhere," he said.</p>.<p>Emergency measures proposed by the national security council focus on the capital, the southern city of Osh and districts where cases have been confirmed, he said.</p>.<p>The mayor's office in Bishkek said that from Sunday it was closing non-essential stores except grocery stores, food markets and pharmacies.</p>.<p>It also announced a halt to privately owned minibuses running city routes, leaving only a basic service of trolleybuses.</p>.<p>"We ask you to stay at home and avoid using public transport," the city hall said in a statement, asking people to wear face masks and to not attend weddings, funerals or wakes.</p>.<p>Of the Central Asian countries formerly part of the USSR, oil-rich Kazakhstan has confirmed the most COVID-19 cases at 53, and it declared a state of emergency on Monday. Its two main cities went into lockdown on Thursday.</p>.<p>Uzbekistan has the second largest number of confirmed cases at 37 and this week completely closed its borders.</p>.<p>Two countries, politically isolated Turkmenistan and impoverished Tajikistan, have declared no cases.</p>