BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 7
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
Flights to Kazakhstan’s Karaganda, Aktobe, Pavlodar, Kostanayy, Kokshetau, Taraz and Taldykorgan cities will resume on May 11, 2020, Trend reports with reference to Kazakh media.
The corresponding decree of the Kazakhstan’s chief sanitary doctor enters into force since the day of its signing on May 7, 2020.
The decree said that the employees of airline companies and of airports are allowed to work only with the provision of negative test results for coronavirus. The test results for employees are valid for 14 days, while for passengers - for seven days.
The requirement for distance seating of passengers on the plane was canceled on May 7. During the flight, the movement on board will be limited, congestion near the toilets will be prohibited. In addition, the passengers will still be required to fill in a questionnaire on the plane.
On March 15, 2020, Kazakhstan’s president signed a decree introducing an emergency state in Kazakhstan due to the coronavirus outbreak, which came in force on March 16 and was to last till April 15, 2020.
Later, by a decree of Kazakhstan's president, the emergency state period in Kazakhstan was extended till May 1, 2020, and then till May 11, 2020.
In order to prevent coronavirus spreading in Kazakhstan, the number of flights was reduced by 438 flights per week on international destinations on 97 routes, which makes up 99 percent of all international flights implemented.
The first two cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Kazakhstan among those who arrived in Almaty city from Germany on March 13, 2020.
The latest data said that the total number of coronavirus cases in Kazakhstan reached 4,530, including 1,470 people who recovered from the coronavirus, and 30 patients who passed away.
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