The fact that the border with Uzbekistan was opened, according to experts, belatedly, was one of the factors that caused corruption at checkpoints. Over the past six months, there have been many complaints in the media about bribery of border guards and customs officers.

The Republican headquarters for combating the spread of COVID-19 in Tajikistan reported on the evening of March 7 that the work of checkpoints at the border “was transferred to normal mode.”