(Fighting against new crown pneumonia) 15,800 people in Kazakhstan complete the second dose of vaccination, the capital epidemic "returns to red"

  China News Service, Nur-Sultan, March 12 (Reporter Zhang Shuowen Longjie) The epidemic situation in Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country, has tightened recently, and the capital, Nur-Sultan, has once again become the “red zone” at risk of the epidemic.

  According to information from the National Public Health Center of Kazakhstan, as of the 11th local time, the country has accumulated more than 271,000 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and pneumonia cases with symptoms of new coronary pneumonia but negative laboratory virus test results.

In the past 24 hours, more than 900 cases of the above-mentioned "two pneumonias" have been newly diagnosed.

As of that day, the cities of Nur-Sultan and Almaty are the “red areas” of epidemic risk, and Akmola, Atyrau, Sikha, Karaganda, and Pavlodar are the “yellow areas”. Other areas are "green zones".

  Regarding the current situation of the epidemic, President Tokayev issued a document on his personal social platform on the 11th, calling on the Kazakh people to strengthen self-protection and to overcome the epidemic through vaccination.

  Regarding Almaty's re-emergence as the "red zone" of the epidemic, Karekova, vice chairman of the city's health and epidemiological supervision committee, said recently that as the weather gets warmer, the number of people entering and leaving the suburbs continues to increase.

In addition, the violation of the self-isolation system by people with mild and asymptomatic infections is also one of the reasons for the city's "return to red".

Among them, 22% of the confirmed cases were infected in shopping malls, 18% were on public transportation, and 33% were "successful" at home.

  In response, the city's chief health physician Buickshin issued an enhanced version of the isolation measures.

From March 13th, cultural and entertainment, family commemorative activities and exhibition meetings are prohibited; Naulus Festival celebrations are prohibited; the opening hours of indoor restaurants are adjusted from 9 am to 20 pm, and the occupancy rate should be less than 50%; Shopping malls and non-outdoor markets will be closed on weekends.

In addition, the measures require people to strictly maintain social distancing and wear masks in public places.

  In addition, in terms of vaccination, according to the Kazakhstan Epidemic Prevention and Control Interdepartmental Committee, as of the 9th, a total of 33,279 people in Kazakhstan have completed the first dose of vaccination, and 15,856 people have completed the second dose of vaccination.

According to reports from Kazakhstan media, Kazakhstan started production of the Russian vaccine "Satellite V" on December 21, 2020. It plans to vaccinate 2 million people in the first half of 2021 and 3 to 4 million people in the second half of 2021.

In addition, since December 25, 2020, the QazCovid-In vaccine developed by Kazakhstan has entered the phase III clinical trial phase. 3000 volunteers have been vaccinated, and the phase III trial will be completed by the end of March.

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