Uzbek government plans to defeat coronavirus pandemic with sports

The document posted for public discussion said that formation of healthy lifestyles among the public is an urgent task during the pandemic.

It suggests providing a 50 percent discount on the provision of all public services to those people who walk at least 10,000 steps a day, or 3.6 million steps per year, and a free subscription to use gyms.

According to the draft document, a state program called "We win pandemic with sports" envisages to popularize walking, running, mini-football, volleyball, biking, badminton and various forms of fitness among the population.

The government will hold hundreds of sports events across the country regularly and public officials will be rated in accordance with their performance in popularizing sports, according to the document.