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Kazakhstan to resume passenger railway transportation

Transport Materials 13 May 2020 17:22 (UTC +04:00)

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 13

By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:

Internal railways transport will resume operations in Kazakhstan, Trend reports with reference to the official website on coronavirus situation in Kazakhstan.

The resuming of railway transport operations is planned within the framework of new measures for economy restoration as the emergency state regime is being lifted in Kazakhstan.

On March 15, 2020, Kazakh president signed a decree introducing an emergency state in the country 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.

Thus, the internal railways transport will resume operations starting from Jun. 1, 2020. The tickets sale will start on May 15, 2020.

Additionally, flights between Shymkent, Aktau, Uralsk, Zheskazgan, Balkhash, Urdzhar and Zaysan cities are being resumed on May 13, 2020.

From May 18, the following activities will also be allowed:

- operation of hotel complexes;

- catering facilities with a capacity of up to 30 seats;

- catering facilities operating outdoors in accordance with sanitary requirements.

The work of religious worship objects will be resumed on May 18, 2020 in compliance with sanitary norms, and in the case that no more than 30 percent of the total area is used.

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 total number of coronavirus cases confirmed in Kazakhstan since the virus was first confirmed in the country amounted to 5,417 cases. This includes 2,223 people who recovered from the coronavirus, and 32 patients who passed away.

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