COVID Digest: Number of regions in the 'red' zone increased to 12
According to the matrix for assessing the epidemiological situation in the regions presented on Monday, Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Shymkent, as well as the Akmola, Aktobe, Atyrau, West Kazakhstan, Karaganda, Kostanay, Mangistau and Pavlodar regions are in the 'red' zone, now also the North Kazakhstan region moved from the 'yellow' to 'red' zone.
Almaty, Zhambyl and Kyzylorda regions are the 'yellow' zone.
In the 'green' zone, where the situation is assessed as stable, with the possibility of easing restrictive measures, are the East Kazakhstan and Turkestan regions.
Kazakhstan adds 3,693 fresh daily COVID-19 cases
Kazakhstan has reported 3,693 fresh daily COVID-19 cases, pushing the total to 462,417, coronavirus2020.kz reports.
Nur-Sultan city has logged most fresh daily COVID-19 cases – 978, followed by Karaganda region and Almaty city – 596 and 535, respectively.
Triple-digit numbers of COVID-19 infections have also been reported in Atyrau region – 334, Shymkent city – 169, West Kazakhstan region – 142, Mangistau region – 141, Akmola region – 140, and Pavlodar region – 134.
95 more have contracted the virus in Kostanay region, 86 in Almaty region, 77 in Turkestan region, 63 in East Kazakhstan region, 60 in Kyzylorda region, 55 in North Kazakhstan region, 52 in Zhambyl region, and 36 in Aktobe region.
Daily mortality from coronavirus in Kazakhstan as of July 13
The daily mortality rate from coronavirus in Kazakhstan as of July 13 has become known, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan said.
Thus, 35 people died from coronavirus infection in Kazakhstan per day.
43 835 people continue to receive treatment from CVI (42 433 CVI + and 1 402 CVI-), 14 027 of them are in hospitals, and 29 808 patients are at the outpatient treatment.
Among the patients with CVI + and CVI-, there are: in serious condition - 846 patients, in extremely critical condition - 193 patients, on a ventilator - 106 patients.
The incidence of pneumonia with signs of coronavirus infection
On July 11, 2021, 19 cases of pneumonia with signs of coronavirus infection, 6 deaths were recorded and 46 people recovered. In total, since August 1, the following have been registered: cases - 57,919, deaths - 1,038, recovered - 53,019.
Almost 2.5 mln fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Kazakhstan
The Kazakh Healthcare Ministry announced the latest numbers of those vaccinated against coronavirus infection in Kazakhstan as of July 13, 2021.
85% of school teachers in Kazakh capital vaccinated against COVID-19
Nur-Sultan Mayor Altai Kulginov stressed significance of active participation in the vaccination of school teachers on his Instagram account.
It is crucial to vaccinate teachers as well as other school employees in order to re-open schools in September. It will help protect health, curb coronavirus spread," his post reads. For examples all teachers at school #3, #7, #13, #21, #34, #39, #46 and #81 have received the vaccine against COVID-19. Though there are educational establishments with low vaccination rates. Over the last days the city reports a spike in new COVID-19 cases. Up to 300 people are being admitted to the hospitals every day. The surge is caused by the spread of the Deltra strain which is more dangerous and contagious.
There are 100 vaccination rooms in the city. Almost 286,000 people got the vaccine against coronavirus. The number of those willing to get vaccinated increased sevenfold.
He also stressed that vaccination is the only way to protect from coronavirus.
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48,750 people return homes in flood affected regions
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48,750 people have already returned their homes in flood affected regions. This is what Official Spokesperson of the Kazakh Emergencies Ministry Askar Sharip said a briefing today, Kazinform News Agency reports.
Flood situation stabilized in Altai district of the East Kazakhstan region. Water was pumped out from almost flooded households, with 370 sandbags used and 1,335 tons of inert materials laid. Water level on the rivers does not exceed a danger point. Bank protection works are ongoing in Atyrau region. Water has been pumped out from 176 households in Kulsary in the past five days," Askar Sharip said.
Water pumping work is underway in inundated territories of Petropavlovsk and Kyzylzhar district of the North Kazakhstan region.
Water has been pumped out from 8,378 residential buildings and 2,994 households. 48,750 people have already returned their homes. 14,251 people are involved in rescue and emergency operation as well as in flood relief efforts.
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8,821 staying at evacuation centers in N Kazakhstan
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3,898 homes were affected by floods in North Kazakhstan with 2,830 still inundated. 14,388 people were evacuated. Of which 5,567 people already returned home, while 8,821 people are staying at temporary shelters, Kazinform News Agency reports.
3,443 families received one-time flood damage payments, representative of the region’s akimat Serik Gaissin said.
He added that 390 damaged homes were inspected. 23 of them will be repaired.
As stated there, construction of new housing for flood-affected people is underway in the region. 500 new houses will be built at large.
1,473 tons of humanitarian aid was delivered to North Kazakhstan from all over the country as well as from Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
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Kazakhstan’s ex-Minister of Internal Affairs Yerlan Turgumbayev arrested for 2 months
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Ex-Minister of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan Yerlan Turgumbayev has been arrested for two months, as per Astana city’s Specialized Court warrant as of April 30, 2024, Kazinform News Agency learned from the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Other information is not subject to disclosure in accordance with Article 201 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Earlier, the Prosecutor General’s Office confirmed detention of the former Kazakh Minister.
It was reported that on March 20 he was questioned by the prosecution authorities.
Upon completion of his accreditation at the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, he returned to Astana where he became a criminal case defendant.
Yerlan Turgumbayev was the Minister of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan from 2019 to February 2022. Later, he was the Advisor to the President of Kazakhstan for a six-month period, and in 2023, he was appointed the Advisor at the SCO RATS.
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43,015 flood-affected return home in Kazakhstan
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43,015 flood-affected people returned home, while 6,338 are staying at temporary shelters across Kazakhstan. Water was pumped out from 7,710 homes and 2,844 household plots in North Kazakhstan, Atyrau, and Aktobe region, Kazinform News Agency quotes Emergencies Ministry’s spokesperson Askar Sharip as saying.
Over 14,000 people, 1,529 pieces of equipment, 226 motor pumps, 100 floating crafts and six aircraft are deployed in flood relief operations.
He added for the past 24 hours water was pumped out from 70 homes in Atyrau region, 202,000 sandbags were laid to prevent flood damage.
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Government Apparatus takes part in Astana city-wide clean-up day
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The Government and employees of the Government Apparatus of Kazakhstan took part in the city clean-up day, which took place within the framework of the republican ecological action ‘Taza Kazakhstan’ initiated by the Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, primeminister.kz reports.
Employees of the Government Apparatus headed by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov planted about 150 saplings, including oak, birch, spruce, larch and others on the territory of EXPO.
Over 4.6 thousand tonnes of rubbish were removed during the 3 weeks of the environmental action. Over 50 thousand trees were planted in Astana. In total, about 1.1 million green plants are planned to be planted in the capital this year.
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700 pheasants released into Astana’s green belt territory
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LLP Astana Ormany released 700 pheasants into the territory of ‘green belt’ of Astana, Kazinform News Agency learned from the local mayor's office.
The ‘green belt’ around the Kazakh capital became a home for various animals and bords, like hares, foxes, wolf cubs, partridges, hazelhens, and pheasants.
In 2024, we plan to release 1,800 pheasants into the wild. 700 birds have already been released, another 150 will be released in June, and 950 more - in September," local ecology official Azamat Zhanatayev says.
The birds are constantly monitored by the foresters of LLP Astana Ormany and are additionally fed in winter period.
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Over 1,000 measles cases recorded in Astana since beginning of year
In three months of this year, the Kazakh capital recorded 1,063 measles cases, including 734 in children under 14, chief medical officer of Astana Sarkhat Beissenova said, Kazinform News Agency correspondent reports.
According to Beissenova, 84% of those infected are unvaccinated, of whom 58% did not undergo vaccination and 36.5% have the immunization status unknown.
She went on to add that a total of 114,464 people or 94.6% of the eligible population have been vaccinated as part of additional mass immunization and catch-up immunization since November last year.
The anti-epidemic measures taken led to measles cases reducing by 1.4 times in March compared to January, when the peak of measles cases was recorded, and by 1.5 times among children aged 1-4, she said.
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