The Uzbekistan Govt. Will Pay You $3,000 If You Travel To The Country & Get Covid-19

Uzbekistan is a Central Asian nation and former Soviet republic. It's known for its mosques, mausoleums and other sites linked to the Silk Road, the ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean.


In this great pandemic time, the government of Uzbekistan has announced a unique plan that will see visitors paid $3,000 if they contract Covid-19 while in the country.
“We want to reassure tourists they can come to Uzbekistan,” explains Sophie Ibbotson, Uzbekistan’s official tourism ambassador to the UK. “The government is so confident that the new safety and hygiene measures being implemented across the tourism sector will protect tourists from Covid-19, that the president is prepared to put money where his mouth is: if you get Covid-19 on holiday in Uzbekistan, we will compensate you.”

The 3,000 US dollars compensation payout is subject to certain conditions, however. Any tourists who happen to come down with Covid-19 will need to have been travelling with a local tour guide, who will be certified in safety and hygiene guidelines. Tourist sites and accommodation will also be required to gain certification from the government to ensure that they’re meeting the new standards of sanitary and epidemiological safety.

Uzbekistan took an aggressive, pre-emptive approach to stopping the spread of Covid-19, closing to tourists on March 19 when there were only a handful of confirmed cases in the country. Closed borders, grounded flights, and strict lockdown measures have resulted in one of the world’s lowest Covid-19 death rates: as of July 20, just 85 people have died of the virus in the country, although there has been a slight spike in the number of new cases over the past two weeks.

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