Sanitary and quarantine control at the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union

For 2 months of 2023, 10,008 vehicles arrived across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union, incl. rail - 3,916, air - 3,789 and sea - 2,303.

Sanitary and quarantine control covered 510,186 passengers and crew members who arrived on international flights.

During the sanitary-quarantine control among arrivals at the border for 2 months of 2023, 5 passengers were identified with fever and suspected infectious diseases, no hospitalized.

For 2 months of the current year, 16 seminars-meetings were held with representatives of airports, railways, border and customs services and medical workers. 11,750 booklets, memos, leaflets on the prevention of coronavirus and quarantine infection were distributed.

In order to prevent the importation of especially dangerous and quarantine infections into the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, at the State Border of the Republic of Kazakhstan, sanitary and quarantine control over persons arriving from countries of far and near abroad is currently ongoing, with mandatory non-contact thermometry.

Health education is also being carried out on measles and cholera, the number of which is growing in the world.

To date, 20 cases of measles infection have been registered in Kazakhstan, of which 6 are imported (5 from Turkey, 1 from Kyrgyzstan). No cases of cholera have been reported.