The key facts

  • The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan issued a warning about the danger of carbon monoxide twice on November 13
  • The gas is called an 'invisible killer,' and citizens are urged to guard against poisoning
  • The website of the Emergency Situations Department features a piece titled 'Be careful!'

Emergency Ministry warning

On November 13, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan published in its Telegram channel a warning about the danger of carbon monoxide. In the message, the gas is called an 'invisible killer,' and citizens are urged to guard against carbon monoxide poisoning. The text was released in Uzbek with a parallel Cyrillic duplicate; during the morning, the agency posted it again. The post is accompanied by a link to the page 'Be careful!' ('ogoh böling!') on the website of the Emergency Situations Department under the Cabinet of Ministers, where, judging by the publication's headline, the same safety topic is covered.

What is known and what is not yet

The Ministry's message itself is of a general precautionary nature: it contains no data on specific incidents, victims, regions, or reasons for heightened attention to the topic of carbon monoxide. Detailed recommendations, if they are given on the agency's linked page, are not disclosed in the Telegram post. Thus, at this point, this is precisely a preventive appeal to the population, not a report of any recorded case of poisoning.