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Coronavirus ‘second wave’ batters ex-Soviet Central Asia By AFP At a call centre functioning as a coronavirus hotline in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, the volunteers manning the telephones are under siege. Call centre coordinator Askhat Abdykerimov says he and his team of more than 60 medics and medical students are now fielding at least 3,000 calls per week. “When the call centre first opened, we had plenty of calls of a non-medical nature,†Abdykerimov told AFP. “Now nearly all calls are people ringing in with symptoms of coronavirus infections.†Bishkek has become a new regional epicentre of the disease that has...
