"In Kazakhstan, the incidence (COVID-19 - ed.) Over the past two weeks has decreased by 11%," RIA Novosti quoted Shoranov as saying at a government meeting.

According to him, four regions of Kazakhstan are in the "red zone" in terms of the spread of the virus.

On October 6, the Minister of Health of Kazakhstan Aleksey Tsoi announced that a contract for the supply of vaccines against coronavirus infection by Pfizer and German BioNTech to Kazakhstan had been signed.