400 Kazakh passengers arriving from abroad are quarantined

At 00.00 o'clock, on October 6 of this year, Resolution No. 54 of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerlan Kiyasov "On further strengthening measures to prevent coronavirus infection at checkpoints on the state border of the Republic of Kazakhstan" came into force. According to the decree, all citizens arriving in Kazakhstan, at the time of crossing the state border, must have a certificate of a negative PCR test for COVID-19.

Since the entry into force of the resolution, the airport of the city of Nur-Sultan has received 4 flights from Turkey. A total of 478 passengers arrived, of which 170 people without a PCR certificate for COVID-19 were placed in a quarantine hospital for two days to take PCR analysis. Almaty airport received 8 flights from Turkey, South Korea and Belarus. 797 passengers arrived, of which 230 people without a PCR certificate for COVID-19 were placed in a quarantine hospital for two days to take a PCR analysis.

It is worth noting that the arrived foreign citizens had certificates for COVID-19 with them, no one was subjected to deportation.

The arrived Kazakhstanis were placed for PCR test in quarantine hospitals, in the city of Nur-Sultan it is the Ramada Plaza Astana hotel, and in Almaty - the Renion hotel, Ambassador, Shera Park, Premier Alatau.

We must not forget that transit passengers without certificates are also placed in a two-day quarantine to undergo a PCR test.