Tashkent, April 30 -- Uzbek authorities decided to start gradual lifting of restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus outbreak in the country starting from April 30, a governmental COVID-19 response center said on Wednesday.

"Upon the instruction of the president of Uzbekistan, the special republican commission adopted a decision to ease certain quarantine restrictions from 06:00 a. m. on April 30," the response center wrote on its Telegram channel.

According to the decision, citizens will be allowed to take walks in the courtyards of houses and in the immediate vicinity of their places of residence. However, children under 14 must be accompanied by adults.

Moreover, people engaged in the cultivation of agricultural products will be...