(Fighting new crown pneumonia) Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, may welcome the fourth wave of epidemic peak
China News Agency, Nuer Sultan, July 30 (Reporter Zhang Shuo) The epidemic data in Kazakhstan continues to rise.
According to data from the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan, as of 15:00 local time on the 30th, there were 7,700 newly confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and pneumonia cases with new coronary pneumonia symptoms but negative laboratory virus test results in the country in the past 24 hours.
In response to the current epidemic situation, since August 2nd, five cities including the capital Nur Sultan will adopt more stringent epidemic prevention measures.
It is worth noting that Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, has over 1,000 new cases in a single day.
The city’s chief health physician, Bueksin, said on the 29th that Almaty is expected to usher in the fourth wave of epidemic peaks from mid-August to early September.
On the 30th, Kiyasov, the chief health physician of Kazakhstan, signed a new physician order.
The doctor's order introduced a new risk level-"dark red" in the assessment and classification of the epidemic situation in various regions.
"Dark red" is an area with a very high level of epidemic risk. The evaluation standard is that the occupancy rate of hospital beds in this area exceeds 70%, and the average bed demand rate per 100,000 residents is more than 200.
In addition, according to Kazakhstan Health Minister Alexei Zoe, the incidence rate has continued to increase in all regions of Kazakhstan recently, and the burden on the medical system has doubled compared with last year.
Among them, the area with the highest utilization rate of intensive care beds is Nur Sultan City (84%).
Alexey Zoe said in this regard that it is necessary to ensure the uninterrupted operation of primary health care, mobile medical teams, and nucleic acid testing laboratories to ensure the timely supply of medicines for outpatient services.
According to data from the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan, as of the 29th, over 5.27 million people had completed the first dose of vaccination in Kazakhstan, and 3.53 million people had completed the second dose of vaccination.
According to Yesima Gambetova, chairman of the Health and Epidemic Control Committee of the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan, as of the 28th, more than 6000 people have been infected with the new crown virus after vaccination, accounting for about 0.1% of the total number of vaccinators.
But she also emphasized that the data shows that the vaccine is still effective against the delta mutant strain.
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