(Fighting new crown pneumonia) Kazakhstan's national census is postponed for one year due to the epidemic
China News Service, Nur-Sultan, August 8th. According to news from the Press Bureau of the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan on the 7th, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the national census originally scheduled for October this year will be postponed to October 2021.
In addition to the citizens of Kazakhstan, the subjects of the census also include foreigners and stateless persons who have lived in Kazakhstan for more than one year.
According to reports from Kazakh media, according to the plan, in the next census, three methods including online survey, household visits, and inspection registration will be adopted. A total of 32,500 census workers will participate. The government budget allocates 8.2 billion tenge (approximately RMB). 140 million yuan).
Kazakhstan basically holds a national census every ten years. The last census was in 2009 and the results showed that the population of the country was about 16 million, an increase of 1 million over 1999, an increase of 6.8%. Current statistics show that Kazakhstan has a total population of about 18.7 million, making it the second most populous country in Central Asia after Uzbekistan (about 34 million).
According to the latest data reported by the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan, there were 907 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the country on the 7th, maintaining the slow-down trend in recent days.
Among the newly confirmed cases on the 7th, 462 were symptomatic cases and 445 were asymptomatic cases. Among the prefectures, the capital Nur-Sultan (182 cases) and the largest city, Almaty (185 cases), saw a sharp increase that day.
An outbreak in Kazakhstan occurred in mid-March, and it is now the country with the largest number of confirmed cases and deaths in Central Asia. As of the 8th, 97829 cases have been diagnosed and 71609 cases cured. The Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan has now changed the statistics of death cases to weekly updates, with a total of 1091 deaths as of the 3rd.
In addition, on the 7th, 1102 new cases of pneumonia with clinical symptoms of new crown pneumonia but negative test results for the new crown virus were newly confirmed and 17 cases died. From August 1 to 7, a total of 12,110 cases of pneumonia were confirmed and 137 deaths. According to the data previously released by Kazakh officials, from January 1 to July 15 this year, Kazakhstan registered more than 234,000 cases of pneumonia and 3327 deaths from pneumonia. (Finish)