(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Kazakhstan's Minister of Health contracted New Coronary Pneumonia
China News Agency, Nur-Sultan, June 14 (Reporter Wen Longjie) Kazakhstan Health Minister Birtanov said on social media on the 14th that he himself was infected with new coronary pneumonia and has been admitted to hospital for treatment.
This is the third senior official confirmed by Kazakhstan to be infected with new coronary pneumonia. He was previously diagnosed by the Kazakh press spokesman and a deputy health minister.
Birtanov pointed out on the 13th that the public should raise awareness of epidemic prevention, maintain a safe epidemic prevention distance on any occasion, achieve remote office as much as possible, and communicate with relatives and friends through the Internet, "Now we all have to take responsibility It’s time for everyone to master and abide by the segregation norms."
On May 11, Kazakhstan ended its national emergency and gradually lifted its isolation control measures. Since then, the epidemic has rebounded, and the number of newly confirmed cases in recent days has hit record highs. Kazakhstan is now the country with the largest number of diagnoses and deaths in Central Asia. The epidemic situation is worrying.
According to the latest data reported by the Kazakh Ministry of Health, there were 258 new cases of clinical symptoms and 620 asymptomatic cases on the 13th, a total of 878 cases. As of the morning of the 14th local time, there were a total of 14,496 symptomatic patients, 4402 asymptomatic patients, a total of 18898 cases; a total of 9056 cured cases and a total of 73 deaths.
Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Tugjanov said recently that according to the actual situation of the development of the epidemic, the city with a larger increase in the number of diagnoses needs to strengthen the isolation system. In terms of the number of diagnosed patients, Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty, the capital city of Nur-Sultan, Karaganda, Atyrau and Chimkent are the “severe disaster areas”.
According to Hartung News Agency, the city of Almaty closed the largest integrated market "Green Bazaar" in the center of the city on the 13th, because 20 employees of a company located in this market were found to be infected with the new coronavirus. Almaty’s health and police departments have begun disinfecting the market and performing health screenings for employees. "Green Bazaar" sells grain and oil, food, clothing and small commodities, etc., and its closure will have a certain impact on citizens' lives. (Finish)