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President Tokayev was also informed that on behalf of Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Fund will finance the construction of two clinics for the prevention and control of infectious diseases in Nur-Sultan and Almaty.

The Head of State – The Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces heard a report of the Defense Minister on the progress of combat and operational training of the Armed Forces, the directions of development of the Kazakhstan’s army.

Andrian Yelemessov has been relieved of the post of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Mexican States with the concurrent accreditation to the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Republic of Panama, and the Republic of Costa Rica

Out of 25,053 coronavirus patients, hospital and out-patient treatments are provided to 5,364 and 19,689 people, respectively.

At present, posters and banners have been set up at the China National Convention Center in Beijing to welcome guests from home and abroad.

The official spokesperson of the Health Ministry noted that 2,182,000 Kazakhstanis will receive free vaccination against the COVID-19 virus.

Passenger turnover has totaled 3.8 billion passenger-km – 1.9 times lower than in 2019. That of June equaled 476.3 million passenger-km – twice more than in May.

170 patients are in grave condition and 41 are on artificial lung ventilation.

Three regions which boast the biggest number of recoveries are Almaty region with 449 recoveries, Aktobe region with 365 recoveries, and East Kazakhstan region with 209 recoveries.

The President of Lebanon reaffirmed his interest to working closely with Kazakhstan’s President in order to increase interaction between the two countries in bilateral and multilateral formats.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev set tasks to further expand the academic independence of universities, improve the quality of higher education and develop university science.

Particular attention is paid to the need to take systemic measures to support domestic manufacturers of medical devices and pharmaceuticals.

Recall that the devastating warehouse explosions shook Beirut on Tuesday, killing 78 people and injuring nearly 4,000. The death toll is expected to rise.

Ministries of Healthcare and Foreign Affairs reported on the work being done to conclude preliminary contracts for the purchase of vaccines against COVID-19.

The second Kazakhstan vaccine, developed by the Scientific Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, was successfully registered by the World Health Organization as a candidate vaccine.

Also, to solve the problem of expanding the coverage area and the speed of Internet connection, since March 2020, 306 base stations have been built and 1,802 of them have been modernized. More than 105 thousand new homes are connected to the wired Internet.

Together with local executive bodies, active work is underway to purchase computers for schools.

The occupancy rate of hospitals decreased to 36%.

In total, 1,058 coronavirus-related deaths were registered in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev instructed to consider the audit results at the next meeting of the Accounts Committee and make specific recommendations on the revealed facts of ineffective management of state assets.

By the order of the Head of the State Saken Sarsenov was appointed the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

"We faced the same problems that all the business of Kazakhstan faced. At the end of March, when it was announced that quarantine measures would be taken, and sanitary doctors in some cities banned our branches from working, we transferred part of the functions to online," she said.

In 2019-2020, he was chair of the Internal State Audit Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Tokayev tasked the Health Ministry and health authorities to minimize coronavirus and pneumonia deaths as well as the Government to strengthen measures so as to ensure people do not breach the quarantine.