Part of the Decree of the Chief Sanitary Inspector of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 22, 2020 on people arriving to Kazakhstan

Part of the Decree of the Chief Sanitary Inspector of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 22, 2020 on people arriving to Kazakhstan

Decree of the Chief Sanitary Inspector of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Further Strengthening Measures for the Prevention of Coronavirus Disease among the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan” dated May 22, 2020.

  1. Akims, heads of health departments of regions, cities of Almaty, Nur-Sultan, Shymkent provide:

1) isolation in a quarantine hospital for laboratory testing on COVID-19 for up to 2 days of all persons arriving from abroad to the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as persons arriving from the EAEU and the Republic of Uzbekistan through checkpoints across the state border of the Republic of Kazakhstan on railway transport and car crossings, with the exception of government delegations of the Republic of Kazakhstan; members of official delegations of foreign states and international organizations arriving in the Republic of Kazakhstan at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan; employees of diplomatic missions, consular posts and missions of international organizations accredited in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and their family members; crews of airlines and members of locomotive crews.

Persons with signs that do not exclude COVID-19, bypassing the quarantine hospital, are hospitalized in a provisional hospital.

Persons arriving from abroad by flights who have submitted a certificate on a COVID-19 examination with a negative result of a laboratory PCR test, issued no later than 5 days after the date of crossing the state border of the Republic of Kazakhstan, are isolated at home (home quarantine) for 14 days. In the absence of conditions for isolation at home, isolation in a quarantine hospital is recommended. However, these individuals are not isolated in a quarantine hospital for up to 2 days for laboratory examination on COVID-19.

After receiving the results of a laboratory examination on COVID-19, persons with a positive result are transferred to the infectious diseases hospital for treatment, and persons with a negative result on COVID-19 are isolated at home (home quarantine) for 12 days. In the absence of conditions for isolation at home, isolation in rooms specified by local executive bodies is recommended.

2) employees of diplomatic missions, consular offices and representative offices of international organizations accredited in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and their family members arriving in the Republic of Kazakhstan from abroad, are subject to laboratory examination for COVID-19 and self-isolation at home (home quarantine) for 14 days.

Airline crews, members of locomotive crews are subject to medical supervision at the place of residence (stay) by calling (if possible, video calling).

Persons arriving from the EAEU countries and the Republic of Uzbekistan through checkpoints across the State border of the Republic of Kazakhstan by rail and car crossings are subject to laboratory testing for COVID-19 and self-isolation at home (home quarantine) within 12 days;

Persons associated with transportation by rail, sea, and drivers engaged in international road transport of goods, as well as transit drivers, are subject to laboratory testing for COVID-19 at border crossings.

People working on a rotational basis, demobilized from the facilities of Tengizchevroil LLP at the place of arrival are subject to isolation in a quarantine hospital for laboratory testing on COVID-19 for up to 2 days, people with a positive result are transferred to an infectious diseases hospital for treatment, and persons with a negative result on COVID-19 - they are isolated at home (home quarantine) for 12 days. In the absence of conditions for isolation at home, isolation in rooms specified by local executive bodies is recommended.

3) The chief state sanitary officer of the respective territory, in transport, has the right to decide on the quarantine of passengers arriving from abroad, taking into account the emerging epidemiological situation in the region and the world.