Minister of Health of Kazakhstan Aleksey Tsoi was vaccinated with the Kazakh vaccine QAZVAC

On April 26, 2021, Minister of Health of Kazakhstan Alexey Tsoi was vaccinated with Kazakhstan's QazCovid vaccine (named QAZVAC) at the Public Health clinic No. 9 in Nur-Sultan.

Before the introduction of the vaccine, the Minister said that this is a two-dose vaccine and the domestic vaccine does not require freezing, it is stored at a temperature of plus 2 to 8 degrees.

Further, the minister said in an interview with a journalist that the first batch of the Kazakh vaccine was released on the basis of the Scientific Research Institute of Biological Safety Problems in the amount of 50 thousand doses and is already distributed to the regions.

"We are among the top ten countries in the world that have launched the production of vaccines and are among the top five countries that have independently mastered the full cycle of vaccine production-from development to application, this is a great achievement. Karaganda pharmaceutical plant additionally produces key batches of vaccines, saturates the market, it gives our citizens access to modern medicines, " Alexey Tsoi said after vaccination.

He also noted that today every twentieth citizen of Kazakhstan has already been vaccinated, so the pace is good, our task is to provide an opportunity, then our citizens themselves understand that vaccination is the only way out of isolation.

In accordance with the instruction of the Head of State dated January 26, 2021, the first batch of Kazakhstan's vaccine against COVID-19 QazCovid-in (QAZVAC) was released on the basis of the Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems to ensure mass vaccination of the population.

The first batch of the domestic vaccine was delivered to the hubs of the Single Distributor SK-Pharmacy in the amount of 50 thousand doses on April 23. Of these, Nur-Sultan and Almaty will receive 6,000 doses, Shymkent, Karaganda, East Kazakhstan and Almaty regions will receive 4,000 doses each, and the remaining regions will receive two thousand doses each.
The Minister's vaccination procedure was broadcast live on the official Facebook page of the ministry.