Yerzhan Babakumarov held a meeting on strengthening control over compliance with quarantine measures
Deputy Akim of Almaty, Yerzhan Babakumarov, together with the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the city, Head of the Department of Sanitary and Epidemiological Control of the city Zhandarbek Bekshin, held an online meeting with the participation of heads of public health, entrepreneurship and investment, urban mobility, tourism and city district akimats. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the Police Department, the Almaty branch of the state sanitary and epidemiological supervision of transport, the Almaty International Airport, the Atameken Chamber of Entrepreneurs.
The Akimat of Almaty calls on residents and guests of the city to show responsibility - strictly observe the mask regime, social distance of 1.5-2 meters and, if possible, refrain from visiting crowded places and institutions whose activities are prohibited due to the high risk of the COVID-19 infection.
The main goal was to discuss the current work on monitoring compliance with quarantine measures in the city, taking into account the analysis of the activities of monitoring groups and the complication of the epidemiological situation in the city.
Yerzhan Babakumarov drew attention to shortcomings in the field of prompt detection and suppression of violations of quarantine measures. The leaders of the Alatau, Bostandyk, Zhetysu, Medeu regions were heard. In the Bostandyk and Medeu districts, against the backdrop of an increase in infections, it was instructed to increase the number of monitoring groups.
In total, since March 1, monitoring groups have checked about 800 objects, in 67 of them violations of quarantine measures were revealed. On the fact of the revealed violations, more than 100 administrative protocols were drawn up for legal entities and individuals for the amount of more than 8.2 million tenge. For systematic violation of quarantine measures, 9 materials were submitted to the court (Myata lounge bar, Myata bar, Poem karaoke club, Leila cafe, IP TOPAZ lotto club, Avangard game club, Bacha bar, restaurant ( banquet hall) Baqsarai, IP Ziyaeva).
According to the data of the Department of Sanitary and Epidemiological Control of Almaty, the coefficient R (representativeness of infection) is over 1 and the incidence rate for the last 7 days was 47.5 per 100 thousand population. 23% of new cases occur in malls and trading houses, 22% - on public transport.
Special attention was paid to the control over the observance of sanitary standards on the territory of the International Airport of the city of Almaty. On March 6 this year, 517 people, who arrived on international flights, were without a PCR certificate; on the night of March 8-9, more than 200 passengers arrived without certificates.
Deputy Akim of Almaty Yerzhan Babakumarov gave a number of specific instructions to strengthen the work, especially in relation to persistent violators.
For the safety of visitors and staff, business entities, during a pandemic, must ensure compliance with epidemiological requirements - these are thermometry, social distance and mask regime, the renewal of personal protective equipment (masks, gloves), the availability of sanitizers and a stock of disinfectants, ventilation and airing of premises. Violation of the above requirements leads to infection among the employees of the organization and the suspension of the work of enterprises.