The second case of COVID-19 reported on April 13, 2020 in Semey

Currently, in East Kazakhstan region, 8 cases of the disease are registered, and one of which is fatal.

The second case today was registered in Semey with a woman born in 1980, on April 12, 2020, in connection with symptoms of acute respiratory viral infections and worsening condition, she called an ambulance, after which she was hospitalized in a provisional hospital. She was tested for COVID-19. The result is positive. Currently she is in the infectious hospital. The state of moderate severity. 48 contacts were identified. All are isolated. Close contacts are in quarantine, and potential contacts are isolated in home quarantine.

As the second case previously reported, unfortunately with a fatal outcome, it was registered in Ust-Kamenogorsk. On April 12, a woman born in 1979 was taken by the emergency ambulance service to the hospital in poor health with the 2-sided

pneumonia, where, according to the algorithm, analyzes were taken for COVID-19. The result is positive. After receiving the results, the patient was transferred to the infectious hospital, to the intensive care unit. In addition to COVID-19, the patient had 2-sided vesicular bronchiolitis, left-sided pleurisy, respiratory failure of 3nd degree, toxic myocarditis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, severe alcohol intoxication. A team of resuscitators worked with the patient, the patient was connected to a ventilator, resuscitation measures were carried out. There was a cardiac arrest twice a night, twice successful resuscitation. However, with a repeated arrest of cardiac activity, resuscitation measures were unsuccessful, biological death was stated.

We offer our deepest condolences to all relatives and friends.

13 contact persons were identified, all of them are isolated. Enhanced epidemiological investigation is underway.

Thus, currently in the region 5 cases are registered in Semey, 3 in Ust-Kamenogorsk city, one of which is fatal.