1.Will vaccination in Kazakhstan be mandatory and compulsory?
Answer: Vaccination in Kazakhstan is voluntary. According to Article 77 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the Health of the People and the Health System", any medical procedure, including vaccination, is carried out only with the informed consent of the vaccinated person. There is no administrative or criminal liability for refusal of vaccination in Kazakhstan, and any harassment will be illegal.
2.What vaccine will be used in the Republic of Kazakhstan?
Answer: Starting from February 1, 2021, the Republic of Kazakhstan will begin vaccination against CVI using the Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V) vaccine, which is produced in Russia. Then, starting from February 15, the Gam-COVID-Vak vaccine, produced on the basis of the Karaganda Pharmaceutical Complex, will be added to the vaccination process. Starting from the 2nd quarter of 2021, it is planned to connect to the vaccination process a drug of domestic production-QazCovid-In, which is currently in phase 3 of clinical trials.
3.Who can get the vaccine against the coronavirus?
Answer: Vaccination will be carried out in stages, taking into account the receipt of the vaccine. At the same time, first of all, vulnerable groups of the population who are at high risk of infection and spread of coronavirus infection are subject to vaccination against coronavirus infection, with further coverage of the remaining population groups subject to immunization.
At the first stage, vaccination will cover medical workers of infectious diseases hospitals, emergency medical services, intensive care, primary health care, emergency rooms, and employees of the sanitary and epidemiological service. At the second stage, vaccination will cover teachers of general education schools, universities, and employees of medical services who were not included in the first stage. The third stage will cover teachers of boarding schools, preschool institutions, students and people with chronic diseases.
In addition, planned expansion of the contingent with the inclusion of additional vulnerable groups: emergency situations Ministry, interior Ministry, defense Ministry, national security Committee, state protection Service and others.
4.Will the vaccination be paid? What is the cost of one vaccination?
Answer: Vaccination against coronavirus infection for vulnerable groups of the population will be offered free of charge.
5. Is the coronavirus vaccine dangerous? Does the vaccine have any side effects?
Answer: To determine contraindications, it is necessary to provide instructions for the vaccine with complete data on the indications, contraindications to the vaccine, possible adverse events after immunization, methods of administration and conditions of storage and transportation of the vaccine. In this regard, it is not possible to list the contraindications at the moment. It is important to note that the introduction of any vaccine the human body responds with production of immunity and the development of adverse events following immunization - such as intermittent fever, redness and swelling at the injection site.
6.Is an allergic reaction to the coronavirus vaccine possible?
Answer: Before any vaccination, the medical professional checks whether the person being vaccinated has an allergy. If there is a serious allergic disease, a person is given a medical withdrawal from vaccination. At the same time, it is impossible to predict an allergic reaction, since each organism is individual. In order to respond in a timely manner, the person should remain under medical supervision (within the walls of the med. institutions) the first 30 minutes after receiving the vaccine: it is during this period that an allergic reaction to the vaccine may occur.
7.In Russia, there is a daily telephone survey of those who have received the vaccine, and for those who have been vaccinated. Do we also have such technical issues?
Answer: All vaccinated patients will be in a medical facility under the supervision of a doctor for the first 30 minutes. Then, for the next 3 days, they will be under the supervision of local doctors at the place of residence. In addition, each vaccinated person is given a special memo indicating the possible side effects of the vaccine and the phone numbers of clinics to which they can contact in case of such effects.
8.Will children be vaccinated against coronavirus?
Answer: The "Sputnik V" vaccine is contraindicated for children under 18 years of age, respectively, only adult citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan under 60 years of age will be able to receive it. The vaccine produced in Kazakhstan is currently at the 3rd stage of clinical trials. To date, there are no approved instructions for the domestic vaccine, so the contingent for it is at the stage of determination.
9.Where will the vaccine, which is produced at the Karaganda plant, be used?
Answer: The Gam-COVID-Vac vaccine, produced on the basis of the Karaganda pharmaceutical complex, will be used only for use in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
10.Why is it necessary to get vaccinated in two stages?
A: The coronavirus vaccine should be administered in two stages with an interval of 21 days. The first dose gives a short-term protective effect due to the production of a small amount of antibodies. The second dose strengthens and strengthens the effect of the first, the number of antibodies in the human body increases.
11.Has the Russian Sputnik V vaccine passed sufficient quality control?
Answer: This vaccine has passed state registration in the Russian Federation and has been used for several months to immunize vulnerable segments of the population. According to the Russian Direct Investment Fund, about 50 countries have applied for the purchase of this vaccine, and some countries (Belarus, Argentina, Serbia) are already successfully using it.
According to the current legislation, when importing unregistered medicines to the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, it is mandatory to have an electronic copy of the manufacturer's document confirming the quality of the drug, with a translation into Kazakh or Russian (certificates of analysis or test report or quality passport with quality assessment indicators). Currently, by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 15, 2020 No. 850, the Rules for the temporary state registration of vaccines against the COVID-19 coronavirus produced in the Republic of Kazakhstan are approved.
12.What other vaccine manufacturers, other than Russian ones, are negotiating cooperation with?
Answer: Currently, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan is negotiating with manufacturers of vaccines against coronavirus infection, including "Sinovac", "Sinopharm" (China), "Phizer" (USA).
13.What vaccines are being developed in our country?
Answer: Among the candidate vaccines against coronavirus infection registered by the World Health Organization, there are 5 candidate vaccines of Kazakhstan production. First – inactivated vaccine developed by the research Institute for biological safety problems of the science Committee of the Ministry of education and science of RK (hereinafter – Institute IBP), are under clinical trials. The other four are subunit vaccines under preclinical research and development.:
1) Kazakh National Agrarian University together with the Ohio State University (USA);
2) Kazakh National Agrarian University;
3) The National Center for Particularly Dangerous Infections named after M. Aikimbayev;
4) RESEARCH INSTITUTE of PBB.
14.What is an electronic vaccination passport?
Answer: An electronic vaccination passport is a medical history of vaccination. It is a key module (functionality) in the health sector to provide continuous management, control and monitoring of the vaccinated population. At the moment, the development of the EPV is at the stage of completion. The passport's operability will be realized through the information resources of the Ministry of Health for medical workers, and for patients - through the use of the eGov Mobile mobile application.
The electronic vaccination passport will be available in the eGov Mobile app immediately after the vaccination procedure. The EPV will contain information about the citizen, the type of vaccine that he received, the stages of the vaccination procedure, as well as observations in the post-vaccination period.
15.On the Internet, rumors are spreading about mass chipping of the population through vaccination. How plausible is this?
Answer: No vaccination in the Republic of Kazakhstan involves any chipping of people. Before getting vaccinated, everyone has the right to read the instructions, which contain information about the composition of the vaccine.
16.Why was the coronavirus vaccine developed so quickly?
Answer: During the pandemic, there was an urgent need for this vaccine. The development of COVID-19 vaccines was carried out in conditions of extreme urgency against the background of mass infection and death of people from coronavirus infection around the world. In addition, pharmaceutical companies have invested significant resources in rapid vaccine development due to the global nature of the problem. But the speed with which it was produced does not mean that the companies bypassed the security protocols.
As for the Sputnik V vaccine specifically, the Gamalei National Research and Development Center, where it was created, relied on previous developments. Even before the pandemic, the Center opened a technological platform for creating vaccines and drugs against RNA-containing envelope viruses, which include the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
17.Do those who have already had COVID-19 need to be vaccinated?
Answer: The question of vaccination of patients with CVI is currently being discussed. It should be noted that according to a number of world data, antibodies after a CVI, disappear after 3-6 months, after which a person is susceptible to re-infection.
18.Who of the world leaders and famous personalities in the country and in the world today has already received a coronavirus vaccination?
Answer: In the United States, President-elect Joe Biden received the vaccine - he is 78 years old, and he is at risk. Biden was given a vaccine by Pfizer and BioNTech.
Guinea's President Alpha Conde has become the country's first leader to be vaccinated with the Sputnik V vaccine. Also, 19 high-ranking officials, including the Minister of Defense, were vaccinated in the country.
The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, also vaccinated against coronavirus infection with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. Prior to the president, the Minister of Health of Buenos Aires, Daniel Gollan, was vaccinated.
The son of the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Guerra, was vaccinated against the coronavirus with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan was vaccinated against coronavirus infection with the Chinese drug CoronaVac. The first vaccination was made by the head of the Turkish Ministry of Health, Fahrettin Koja.
In the Vatican, 84-year-old Pope Francis and 93-year-old Pope Benedict XVI were vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine.
Actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was vaccinated against the coronavirus with a vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech. American documentary film director Oliver Stone was vaccinated with the Russian vaccine against the coronavirus infection "Sputnik V".
In Kazakhstan, Askhat Aimagambetov, the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, was one of the first to be vaccinated against coronavirus with a domestically developed vaccine. Also among the volunteers received the vaccine, Assistant to the President of Kazakhstan Yerlan Karin, Akim of Zhambyl region Berdibek Saparbayev.