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In Azerbaijan, in connection with the spread of the coronavirus infection, the Cabinet of Ministers has declared a non-working period from March 29 to April 4. It was decided not to open the border with Iran until April 20.

16 new cases of the coronavirus infection were confirmed in Armenia. The total number of coronavirus-infected people in the country reached 265.

The positions of the Azerbaijani troops on the border with Armenia and in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 24 times within 24 hours, including from machine guns and sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

A resident of Sochi has been staying in a hospital box for the sixth day, and doctors took tests from her for coronavirus. The woman who returned from Italy treats her compulsory hospitalization as unreasonable and insists on home quarantine.

After coronavirus was diagnosed in three locals, Chechen authorities have switched over from calls not to fear the infection to harsh criticism of quarantine regime violators. It was decided to close most of local restaurants, cinemas and concert halls.

Because of the threat of spread of coronavirus in Chechnya, it is undesirable to organize crowded weddings and commemoration (wake) ceremonies, Salakh Mezhiev, the Mufti of Chechnya, has stated. Locals are trying to avoid crowded events.

In Azerbaijan, the number of coronavirus infected patients has reached 87. The introduction of quarantine has led to a noticeable decrease of people and vehicles flows in Baku streets.

In Chechnya, law enforcers have rebuked two participants of the wedding cortege, who violated the traffic rules. Instagram users and residents of Chechnya did not approve drivers' actions, but found the public blaming unnecessary.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russian authorities to pay 80,000 euros to the father of Beslan Tsoroev, who was shot dead during a special operation in the Sunzha District.

Two out of three alleged militants killed in the Baksan District were residents of the village of Dygulybgey, who had served their prison terms for illicit dealing in explosives, the sources from law enforcement bodies of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) have informed.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan claimed an attempted act of sabotage on the front line and one killed enemy soldier. The Ministry of Defence of Nagorno-Karabakh called the Azerbaijani MoD's report the misinformation.

Adam Delimkhanov appeared to be a hostage to the practice aimed at punishing offenders, adopted by Ramzan Kadyrov and his subordinates, economist Sergey Zhavoronkov believes.

The Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church has not introduced any fundamental changes into the procedures of worship and the sacrament (communion) ritual, although the Russian Orthodox Church has recommended disinfecting the communion spoon after each believer. The use of a single spoon for the communion will certainly transfer the coronavirus infection among all the participants of the ritual, if one of the believers is infected, scientists have stated.

Adam Delimkhanov, the advisor to the leader of Chechnya, called on to punish a user who left a comment on social networks after a scandal with a video shot on behalf of his daughter, Instagram users note.

Coronavirus tests gave positive results for three Chechen residents who arrived home from Turkey. One of them, after returning from Mecca, did not comply with quarantine and arranged prayer meetings, stated Ramzan Kadyrov.

A court in Moscow refused to compensate for the moral harm suffered by Khusein Tsetiev, a native of Chechnya, who was unfairly accused of hooliganism and beating of employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

The introduction of quarantine in the Marneuli and Bolnisi Districts of Georgia caused a drop in earnings, but there are no problems with foodstuffs, local residents inform.

The defence has appealed against the extension of the arrest of Bagaudin Khautiev, Musa Malsagov and Barakh Chemurziev, who believe that the court makes decisions under the pressure from the prosecutor's office. Activists were kept in the same SIZO (pre-trial prison) with those suspected of coronavirus, their advocates have complained.

From March 24 to April 20, 2020, residents of Azerbaijan over 65 years of age are prohibited from leaving home.

In Chechnya, there will be no leniency towards people who disseminate gossips, declares the OVD (Interior Division) for the Kurchaloi District. A top-ranking law enforcer reproached a local resident for reporting flour prices.