Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Seventeen participants in the international Dostlik Cup 2026 football festival who travelled from Karaganda have been hospitalised in Tashkent following a suspected case of poisoning.
A total of 19 people sought medical assistance, the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Uzbekistan reported.
The embassy received information about the incident on 1 November. After being contacted through the embassy’s hotline, Kazakh Consul Saken Perdebekov immediately arrived at the hospital and began providing consular assistance to those affected.
Seventeen people, including 11 children and six adults, are being treated at Tashkent City Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital No. 5. According to the embassy, all patients are in stable condition and receiving the necessary medical care.
The Kazakh ambassador visited the medical facility, reviewed the treatment arrangements and met with the parents of those affected.
The provision of medical assistance is under the ambassador’s supervision.
Relevant Uzbek specialists have also been involved, including professors from Tashkent Medical University and representatives of the Sanitary and Epidemiological Service.
The situation is being personally monitored by Kazakhstan’s Health Minister Akmaral Alnazarova and Uzbekistan’s First Deputy Health Minister Otabek Imamov.
The organisers of Dostlik Cup 2026 are providing the affected participants with the necessary assistance. The Kazakh Embassy said it continues to monitor the situation.
The embassy’s statement did not specify the cause or circumstances of the poisoning.
