What is COVID-19 pandemic in Turkmenistan?
{{Infobox pandemic | name = COVID-19 pandemic in Turkmenistan | map1 = | places = | legend1 = | map2 = | legend2 = | map3 = | legend3 = | disease = [[COVID-19]] | virus_strain = [[SARS-CoV-2]] | location = [[Turkmenistan]] | first_case = | arrival_date = | first_outbreak = [[Wuhan]], [[China]] | confirmed_cases = | suspected_cases = | recovery_cases = | deaths = | total_ili = | website = }} There are no confirmed [[COVID-19]] cases<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eadaily.com/ru/news/2020/04/01/voz-v-tadzhikistane-i-turkmenii-net-koronavirusa|title=ВОЗ: В Таджикистане и Туркмении нет коронавируса|publisher=EurAsia Daily|date=1 April 2020|language=ru}}</ref> in [[Turkmenistan]] (population c. 6 million). The government has worked to control information about the [[virus]], and experts suspect that it may be spreading in the country unreported.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rickleton |first1=Christopher |title=Experts doubt isolated Turkmenistan's virus-free 'show' |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/experts-doubt-isolated-turkmenistan-s-virus-free-show-1.4890093 |work=CTVNews |date=9 April 2020 |language=en |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503034555/https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/experts-doubt-isolated-turkmenistan-s-virus-free-show-1.4890093 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 29 February 2020, [[Turkmenistan]] began refusing the entry of citizens from countries affected by the virus. On 5 March three foreign travelers, two of them diplomats of an Arab country, were denied entry when they flew from Almaty, [[Kazakhstan]]. Their flight was diverted to [[Türkmenabat]] and after arriving at Ashgabat, they were all put on a flight to [[Istanbul]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.akipress.com/news:636874:No_coronavirus_cases_officially_registered_in_Turkmenistan/|title=No coronavirus cases officially registered in Turkmenistan|website=m.akipress.com|access-date=11 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323172408/https://m.akipress.com/news:636874