About the epidemiological situation of novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV in Kazakhstan as on February 6, 2020, 07.00 AM

We continue to monitor people arriving from the People’s Republic of China and neighboring countries. Starting from January 6, 30 436 people have arrived to Kazakhstan.

Committee for Quality and Safety of Goods and Services of the Ministry of Healthcare examined 21 838 people at international airports and railway stations.

To date, 110 people have been hospitalized and isolated in separate boxes with high body temperature and signs of acute respiratory viral infection. 80 people have been discharged, and 30 patients remain hospitalized in medical institutions.

For additional epidemiological control, we send samples taken from all hospitalized patients to the National Scientific Center for Highly Infectious Diseases in Almaty. Specialists in this center have studied the methodology for PCR diagnostics of a novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV.

Kazakhstan has all the necessary drugs and medical devices for supportive care, prepared places with boxes for isolation in infectious hospitals, medical and paramedical personnel.

It is worth mentioning that the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan constantly controls the overall situation.

All the official information is available on the Facebook account of the Ministry of Healthcare and by phone in a 24/7 Call-Center at 1406.