180 THOUSAND DOSES OF "SPUTNIK-V" VACCINE TO BE DELIVERED TO TURKESTAN REGION

First of all, 1,300 doses of "Sputnik-V" vaccine against COVID-19 infection will be delivered to Turkestan region. To ensure the quality of the vaccine, special freezers are required. There are two 600-liter freezers. In addition, 20 freezers with a volume of 140 liters and two more freezers with a volume of 600 liters will be delivered in February. In Turkestan region, there is no shortage of these cameras. This was announced by the management of the Regional Department of Public Health.

"In general, 950 thousand people will be vaccinated. First of all, medical workers working in an infectious diseases hospital. Then the ambulance, the specialists who serve in the polyclinic. Another 180 thousand doses of the vaccine will be delivered to the Turkestan region by the end of February," said Marat Pashimov, head of the Public Health Department of the Turkestan region.

It should be noted that the transport of the vaccine consists of 4 main stages. First of all, it is delivered from the manufacturer to the warehouse of a single distributor. Then it is imported from the warehouse of a single distributor to the pharmacy warehouses of health departments in the regions. At the third stage, health departments in the regions will transport these vaccines to medical organizations in cities and districts. At the fourth stage, the vaccine should be kept in high-quality condition in the same medical organizations.

Since the beginning of the year, 361 cases of COVID-19 infection have been detected in the region, the figure is 17.8 per 100 thousand of the population. Of these, 62 cases were registered with symptoms, and 299 cases were registered without symptoms.

Press service of the akim of Turkestan region