To the attention of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan residing in Portugal and citizens of the Portuguese Republic wishing to visit Kazakhstan!

In accordance with the Order of the Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 38 as of 30 May 2020, all persons arriving from abroad in the Republic of Kazakhstan are isolated in a quarantine hospital for laboratory examination for COVID-19 for up to 2 days, as well as persons arriving from the EAEC countries and the Republic of Uzbekistan through the state border crossing points of the Republic of Kazakhstan on railway transport and road crossings, except for government delegations of the Republic of Kazakhstan; members of official delegations of foreign states and international organizations visiting the Republic of Kazakhstan on the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan; members of diplomatic missions, consular offices and representative offices of international organizations accredited in the Republic of Kazakhstan and their families; airline crews and members of locomotive crews; persons engaged in international road transportation of goods in transit through the territory of Kazakhstan.

Persons with symptoms that do not exclude COVID-19, bypassing the quarantine hospital, are admitted to the provisional hospital.

Persons arriving from abroad by air, who provide a certificate of examination for COVID-19 with a negative result of laboratory examination by PCR method, issued not later than 5 days from 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. At the same time, these persons are not isolated in the quarantine hospital for up to 2 days to perform laboratory examination for COVID-19.

Upon receipt of the COVID-19 laboratory results, those who are positive are transferred to an infectious disease hospital for treatment; those who are negative for COVID-19 are isolated at home (home quarantine) for 12 days.  If home isolation is not possible, isolation in premises designated by the local authorities is recommended.

Employees of diplomatic missions, consular offices and representative offices of international organisations 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.