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Kazakhstan reports more coronavirus cases in Nur-Sultan

Kazakhstan Materials 23 March 2020 14:20 (UTC +04:00)
New coronavirus case has been confirmed in Nur-Sultan city, the Kazakhstan’s capital
Kazakhstan reports more coronavirus cases in Nur-Sultan

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar. 23

By Nargiz Sadikhova – Trend:

New coronavirus case has been confirmed in Nur-Sultan city, the Kazakhstan’s capital, Trend reports with reference to the country’s Ministry of Health.

Thus, the overall number of coronavirus cases in Kazakhstan has reached 62 people, including 32 cases in Nur-Sultan, 26 cases in Almaty city, two cases in Karaganda city, one case in Almaty region and one case in Aktobe region.

This is the second coronavirus case reported in Kazakhstan on March 23, 2020. Earlier today another coronavirus case was detected in Almaty city.

By a decision of State Commission on Provision of Emergency State under the president of Kazakhstan quarantine regime has been introduced in Kazakhstan’s Nur-Sultan and Almaty cities at 00:00 (GMT +6) on March 19, 2020, due to the coronavirus outbreak.

On March 15, 2020, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym Jomart Tokayev signed a decree introducing an emergency state in Kazakhstan due to coronavirus outbreak, which came in force from 08:00 (GMT +6) on March 16 and will last till 08:00 on April 15, 2020.

First two cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Kazakhstan among those who arrived in Almaty city from Germany on March 13, 2020.

The outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan - which is an international transport hub - began at a fish market in late December 2019.

As of today, over 339,200 people have been confirmed as infected. The number of people killed by the disease has surpassed 14,700. Meanwhile, over 98,800 people have reportedly recovered.

Several countries are working on a vaccine against the new virus.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11.

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