Quarantine in the "red zone" will increase"

In our region, the number of infected and dead people who entered the "red zone"according to the matrix has increased. In the region over the past day, 51 people were infected, the number of deaths from CVI reached 219. In this regard, quarantine requirements will be tightened. This was announced today at a meeting of the headquarters under the chairmanship of the governor of the region Gali Iskaliyev.

Since the beginning of the year, 4,657 people in the region have fallen ill with CVI, 50 people have died from coronavirus. In particular, 28 people died in January, 15 in February, and seven in March. 34 percent of those infected are over 80 years old, 28 percent are between 40 and 65 years old, and 24 percent are between 65 and 80 years old. The largest number of cases of CVI is registered in Uralsk, then in Burlinsky, Baiterek, and Terektinsky districts. The centers of infection include infected families, public transport, workplaces and trading houses, and family events. Among those infected, 37.4% are employed, 24% are retired, 17% are unemployed, 8.7% are students, and 3.2% are medical workers and teachers. Since the beginning of the third quarter, 334 schoolchildren have been infected with the coronavirus. There are 7 infectious diseases hospitals and 13 PCR laboratories in the region, " said Nurlybek Mustayev, deputy head of the regional department of Sanitary and Epidemiological Control.

According to the acting head of the regional health department Arman Kalibekov, on March 4, the second batch of the vaccine in the amount of 6,500 doses was delivered to the region. Of its first component, consisting of 3,250 doses, 1,210 were vaccinated. That is, mostly doctors, as well as 322 teachers, 40 representatives of law enforcement agencies. Vaccination is planned for 200 people per day, for 1000 residents per week. If the Vaccine is built at this rate, the first component of the vaccination will be completed by April 5.

Summing up the results of the meeting, the governor of the region Gali Iskaliyev instructed to activate the work of the monitoring group for the prevention of epidemics, to cancel the festive events.

Gulsezim Biyasheva,

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