Quarantine to be strengthened in Kazakhstan from December 25

“From December 25 to January 5, 2021, quarantine measures will be strengthened in Kazakhstan”, - Tengrinews.kz reports.

Prime Minister Askar Mamin chaired a selector meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection in Kazakhstan.

In January-February next year, against the background of the growth of Acute Respiratory Viral Infection and influenza, there is a risk of an increase in the incidence of coronavirus infection.

In this regard, the Interdepartmental Commission has adopted a number of decisions:

From December 25, 2020 to January 5, 2021, establish a ban on entertainment, sports and other public events, including New Year's parties and festive corporate parties.

To strengthen restrictive measures at the Tengiz field until the epidemiological situation stabilizes.

To take measures to reduce the prices of antikidny medicines in the retail network by an average of 24%.

At the same time, in order to ensure the quality of education, at the suggestion of the Ministry of Education and Science, as well as taking into account the opinion of the public, a decision was made:

from the third quarter of the academic year for graduating classes (grades 9, 11, 12), provide for combined education (70% of subjects - in the traditional format, 30% - remotely) in compliance with sanitary and epidemiological requirements;

from the third quarter of the school year, to replenish the loss in knowledge of schoolchildren in extracurricular hours, organize individual consultations in groups of no more than 5 people;

from the second semester, to resume combined education of first-year college and university students.

The head of government instructed akims, depending on the epidemiological situation in the region, to take the necessary restrictive measures in order to stabilize the situation.

The Prime Minister drew the attention of akims to the need for high-quality sanitization of public places, schools and kindergartens, as well as preparation of vaccination points for vaccination.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs, together with the akimats, must ensure compliance with sanitary and epidemiological requirements on pre-holiday and holidays.

Source:https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/s-25-dekabrya-v-kazahstane-usilyat-karantin-423583/

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