(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Kazakhstan updates its universal vaccination plan and relaxes its isolation restrictions
China News Agency, Nuer Sultan, October 20 (Reporter Zhang Shuo) Recently, the data of the epidemic situation in Kazakhstan has continued to slow down. In view of this, the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan stated that it will further relax the quarantine restrictions starting on the 20th.
Kazakhstan Health Minister Alexei Zoe said at a regular government work meeting held on the 19th that the incidence rate in Kazakhstan has dropped by 17% in the past two weeks; the number of newly confirmed cases in Kazakhstan in a single day has dropped by 2.1 times in the past month . It is generally in the “yellow zone” of the epidemic risk level.
He said that in view of the current stabilization of the epidemic situation in his country, the quarantine restrictions will be further relaxed from the 20th. These include: those who show a vaccination certificate or have a negative nucleic acid test within three days can visit hospital staff in medical institutions; extend the business hours of participating institutions in the “Ashyq” health code system, and extend the business hours of institutions in the “green zone” of the epidemic to 3 a.m., “Yellow Zone” agencies can be postponed until 1:00 in the morning.
In addition, according to Alexei Zoe, the first dose of vaccine currently vaccinated 70.7% of the population suitable for vaccination, accounting for about 42.7% of the total population. In response, the Ministry of Health has updated the national vaccination plan, and plans to increase the total number of vaccinators to 11.4 million.
On the same day, Prime Minister Ma Ming pointed out the task of stabilizing the epidemic situation. Ma Ming said that although the number of confirmed cases in various regions has dropped significantly, there are still 6 regions in the “red zone” of the epidemic risk level. The current task of the government is to form 60% herd immunity. According to data from the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan, as of the 19th, over 8.05 million people had completed the first dose of vaccination, and over 7.16 million had completed the second dose of vaccination.
In response to the current vaccination situation, Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Tugzhanov pointed out that the vaccination rate in some areas is still low. Among them, the area with the lowest vaccination rate is West Kazakhstan (55.6%), and the highest area is East Kazakhstan (92.9%). Tugzhanov believes that, based on the experience of East Kazakhstan, the region should be guided to take comprehensive measures to organize the people to vaccinate. At the same time, those who do not perform well should be held accountable.
As of 12 o’clock on the 20th local time, Kazakhstan has newly confirmed more than 1,600 cases in the past 24 hours, with a total of more than 99,000 confirmed cases. (over)
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