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Coronavirus confirmed in one more Kazakh city

Kazakhstan Materials 29 March 2020 15:29 (UTC +04:00)
Two coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Kazakhstan’s West Kazakhstan region for the first time since coronavirus was reported in the country
Coronavirus confirmed in one more Kazakh city

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar. 29

By Nargiz Sadikhova – Trend:

Two coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Kazakhstan’s West Kazakhstan region for the first time since coronavirus was reported in the country, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Healthcare.

Thus, the overall number of coronavirus cases in Kazakhstan amounted to 267 people.

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 the 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.

Distribution of overall coronavirus cases in Kazakhstan’s region is as follows:

Total infected

Total recovered

Total deaths

Nur-Sultan

162

13

Almaty city

67

5

Shymkent

2

Akmola region

6

1

Aktobe region

1

Almaty region

4

Atyrau region

6

East Kazakhstan region

2

Zhambyl region

3

West Kazakhstan region

2

Karaganda region

7

Kostanay region

Kyzylorda region

2

Mangystau region

1

Pavlodar region

1

North Kazakhstan region

1

Turkestan region

TOTAL

267

18

1

The outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan - which is an international transport hub - began at a fish market in late December 2019. The number of people killed by the disease has surpassed 30,900. Over 678,200 people have been confirmed as infected. Meanwhile, over 142,100 people have reportedly recovered.

Some sources claim the coronavirus outbreak started as early as November 2019.

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

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