Public Health Response Measures for COVID-19 in Kazakhstan
Battakova Z. Imasheva B. Slazhneva T. Imashev M. Beloussov V. Pignatelli M. Tursynkhan A. Askarov A. Abdrakhmanova S. Adayeva A. Akimbayeva A. Suleimanova N.
9 November 2023Cambridge University Press
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
2023#17Issue 5
The article describes measures developed to counter the spread of coronavirus infection in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The first cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Kazakhstan were detected on March 13, 2020, among people who arrived from Germany. After declaring the state of emergency in the country, the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan began to formulate and implement a comprehensive package of measures aimed at slowing down and stopping the transmission of infection, preventing outbreaks, ensuring optimal care for all patients, especially the seriously ill, minimizing the negative impact of the pandemic on health systems, social services, and economic activities. Developed set of restrictive measures was approved by the Country Office of Word Health Organization (WHO) in Kazakhstan, being later adapted by the European Union (EU) countries and applied in Kyrgyzstan. In addition, article identifies Kazakhstans experience in creating epidemiological surveillance systems, studying virus mutations, and the clinical aspects of dealing with it to combat the infection. It also indicates the impact of the epidemic on health-care workers and the development of measures to protect them, strengthening infection prevention, and control in medical organizations.
cases , control measures , COVID-19 , government response , Kazakhstan
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National Center of Public Health Care, Ministry of Health, Astana, Kazakhstan
Astana Medical University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Llp TreeGene, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
National Center of Public Health Care
Astana Medical University
Llp TreeGene
Nazarbayev University
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