Quarantine will be tightened in five cities of Kazakhstan from the 2nd of August

“On July 27, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yeraly Tugzhanov, a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on Preventing the Spread of Coronavirus Infection in Kazakhstan was held,” reports zakon.kz.

The Deputy Prime Minister heard a report from the Minister of Health and the leadership of Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Shymkent and Karaganda, Atyrau regions on the epidemiological situation in the regions. He instructed to take measures for the full and uninterrupted provision of medical organizations and the population with the necessary medicines and medical products.

The interdepartmental commission decided to strengthen quarantine measures in Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Shymkent, Atyrau and Karaganda. 65% of the daily morbidity and 55% of the daily mortality in the country falls on these cities.

The following restrictive measures will take effect in these cities on August 2:

- suspension of the activities of all enterprises and organizations not participating in the Ashyq project, with the exception of central government agencies, akimats, law enforcement agencies, healthcare organizations, the media, grocery stores, pharmacies and life support organizations;

- a ban on holding spectacular, sports, family, commemorative and other mass events;

- transfer to remote work of 80% of employees of government agencies, offices, national companies and other organizations (except for those vaccinated and recovered within the last three months).

Also, the Interdepartmental Commission recommended the akimats of Akmola, Almaty, Karaganda regions to take measures to strengthen quarantine measures in the border areas with Nur-Sultan (Burabaysky, Tselinogradsky, Arshalinsky districts), Almaty (Karasai, Talgarsky, Iliysky, Enbekshikazakhsky districts (Sairam districts), Karaganda (Temirtau, Shakhtinsk, Abai).

The Deputy Prime Minister noted the importance of the work of monitoring groups in the fight against the spread of coronavirus infection and low activity in this direction in all regions. Thus, the maximum decrease in the coverage of small and medium-sized businesses by raids is observed in Aktobe, Mangistau, North Kazakhstan, Zhambyl, Kyzylorda, Akmola, Atyrau regions, as well as in the cities of Almaty and Shymkent. A decrease in the number of detected violations is noted in Mangistau, Pavlodar, Almaty, North Kazakhstan and Aktobe regions.

Regional akimats should take all measures to impose restrictions and monitor their observance.

Tugzhanov instructed to activate the work of monitoring groups in all regions.

The Deputy Prime Minister also noted the low rates of vaccination in some regions of the country. For example, in Mangistau, only 25.6% of the population was vaccinated with the first component of the vaccine, which is more than two times lower than the national average (52.4%). Indicators of six regions (EKR, Aktobe, Kostanay, Karaganda, Zhambyl, Pavlodar oblasts) significantly lag behind the national average.

According to the decree of the chief state sanitary doctor of July 14, No. 32, by August 10, all service workers must receive the vaccine of the first component of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Based on materials from ZAKON.KZ // Quarantine will be tightened in five cities of Kazakhstan from August 2 // Author: ZAKON.KZ - 2021 - July 28.

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