“With the announcement by WHO of a new level of public health emergency, additional measures have been introduced. First of all, from today, the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan provides enhanced sanitary access control at all checkpoints of the state border, not only with China, but also with other states, ”Tengrinews.kz quoted him as saying.

Birtanov said that additional measures are also being introduced at the airports and maritime borders of Kazakhstan.

Earlier it was reported that from February 3, Kazakhstan has suspended air links with China. From January 29, passenger bus services were suspended, and from February 1, passenger train traffic between Kazakhstan and China will be stopped.