ABOUT 35 THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE VACCINATED IN THE TURKESTAN REGION

A total of 33,400 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine have been delivered to the Turkestan region since February. To date, 33,400 people have been vaccinated with component 1. Of these, more than 15 thousand medical workers, about 12 thousand teachers and 576 police officers. In addition, since February 22, 11,572 people have been vaccinated with the second component in the region. Among them are 8,735 medical workers, 2,260 teachers, 472 law enforcement officers and 115 citizens of other groups.

At the same time, over the past day in the Turkestan region, COVID-19 was detected in 27 people. The daily increase is 0.57 %. A total of 4,712 people have been infected in the region since the beginning of the pandemic. Moreover, the number of state laboratories for conducting PCR tests has increased from 3 to 10. Due to various scenarios of coronavirus infection in the region, it is possible to increase the number of infectious beds to 5,610.

It is worth noting that by the end of April, another 72,100 doses of the vaccine are planned to be delivered to the region. At the same time, 2 freezers with a volume of 601 liters were delivered to the vaccine storage warehouses in the Turkestan region, and 20 freezers with a volume of 143 liters were purchased at the expense of the regional budget. As of today, 65 vaccination centers are fully equipped with refrigerators and 38 50-liter thermocontainers for transporting vaccines.