A medical specialist and a police officer wearing protective face masks stand outside a day patient facility opened by authorities to treat people infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan July 6, 2020. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov
BISHKEK (Reuters) - A man in his 60s, distraught and tearful, cries "I don't know what to do now" as medical staff in protective gear carry the body of his dead wife out of a former bakery converted into a makeshift clinic in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian nations are struggling with a surge in COVID-19 cases which is now testing their healthcare systems to breaking point after they relaxed tough lockdown restrictions in May.
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