
Head of state Kassym-Jomart Tokayev noted that in the coming days the problem with drug supply will be solved. The government and akims will urgently work to provide the population with all necessary medicines.
On this issue, the Minister of health of Kazakhstan Alexey Tsoi said that work with foreign partners on humanitarian assistance has been intensified. The two Russian planes he mentioned with humanitarian aid, including medical masks, protective suits and medications, have already arrived in Kazakhstan.
For the country's drug supply, the Ministry of health of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of industry and infrastructure development of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of industry and trade of Russia, the Embassy of Kazakhstan, together with the Trade representative of Kazakhstan in Moscow, provided assistance to Kazakh pharmaceutical companies in establishing contacts and purchasing medicines from Russian manufacturers.
Today, on July 10, the first two Kazakh planes arrived in Kazakhstan with Russian medicines for medical use with a total weight of 55 tons.