About the epidemiological situation related to coronavirus at 6.00PM on March 19, 2020 in Kazakhstan

To date, 44 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Kazakhstan, including 19 cases in Almaty and 25 cases in Nur-Sultan. 860 people are quarantined in hospitals, and 2611 people are quarantined at home.
At the same time, Kazakhstan continues to monitor citizens arriving from China and neighboring states.
A total of 2885 people from all categories have been monitored, including 262 people from category 1A, 1766 - from category 1B, and 857 people - from category 2.
Among them, 724 people were discarded from monitoring, and 2161 people remain under monitoring.
In total, on March 19, 157 people were hospitalized with fever and acute respiratory viral infections, including 47 people from category 1B; 53 people - from category 2; and 57 people – from category 3.
In accordance with the decision of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor, these patients are hospitalized in an infectious diseases hospital according to the algorithm.
All necessary anti-epidemic measures are taken, including isolation, treatment and disinfection.
The situation is under constant control of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Global epidemiological situation related to coronavirus
Globally, a total of 218,660 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in 174 countries, including 137,732 cases outside of China (daily increase - 17.4%) and 5,705 fatal cases, (mortality rate - 4.1%).
Countries from category 1A:
Italy – 35,713 cases, Iran – 17,361 cases, Spain – 14,769 cases, Germany – 12,327 cases, and France – 9,134 cases.
Countries from category 1B:
China – 80,928 cases, South Korea – 8,413 cases, the Schengen countries (except those listed in category 1A) – 15,801 cases.

The Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan reminds people to practice the following preventive measures:
- wash hands and face with soap often and thoroughly;
- avoid crowded places;
- avoid contact with sick people;
- in case of symptoms of colds (fever, nasal congestion, cough, sore throat), immediately call an ambulance from home.
You can obtain official information from the website and the official page of the Ministry of Healthcare on Facebook and from the Call Center at 1406.

 

Data about China: retrieved from http://www.nhc.gov.cn/yjb/new_index.shtml
Data about other countries: retrieved from https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#age