Restrictive measures for passengers entering the Republic of Kazakhstan from abroad by airway

The following changes were made in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus infection among the population of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in accordance with Decree No. 54 dated October 2, 2020 of the Chief State sanitary doctor of the Republic of Kazakhstan E.Kiyasov:

- All passengers arriving to the Republic of Kazakhstan (except for government delegations of the Republic of Kazakhstan; members of official delegations of foreign states and international organizations with the invitation from the Ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan; employees of diplomatic missions, consular offices and representative offices of international organizations accredited in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and members of their families; people engaged in international road transport of goods in transit through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan), will have to undergo temperature screening, fill out questionnaires and provide COVID-19 PCR test results, obtained within 72 hours prior to their arrival.

- Foreign passengers will not be allowed to enter the Republic of Kazakhstan without COVID-19 PCR test.

- Passengers arriving with a body temperature within the normal range, with COVID-19 PCR test, have to sign a declaration of commitment to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

- Passengers arriving with elevated body temperature, regardless of the results of COVID-19 PCR test, are subject to quarantine in a hospital for up to 2 days for laboratory testing on COVID-19. After receiving the results of a laboratory examination for COVID-19, people with a positive result transferred to an infectious deceases hospital, and people with a negative result will have to sign a declaration of commitment to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

- Citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the absence of COVID-19 PCR test are subject to quarantine in a hospital for 2 days for laboratory examination for COVID-19.

- After receiving the results of a laboratory examination for COVID-19, passengers who arrive with a negative result for COVID-19 will have to sign a declaration of commitment to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

- Passengers who arrive with a positive result for COVID-19 will be subjected to hospitalization in the quarantine ward of the infectious diseases hospital. 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 testing for COVID-19 at their place of residence/stay. They have to sign a declaration of commitment to prevent the spread of COVID-19.    

This decree enters into force on October 6, 2020 (Nur-Sultan time).

The full text of the Decree can be found on the link below

https://beta.egov.kz/memleket/entities/kkkbtu/press/news/details/105415?lang=en