COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Kazakhstan on 13 March 2020. It involved two Kazakh citizens in Almaty who were recently returned from Germany. That same day, two more cases were confirmed with one female arriving from Italy in Nur-Sultan and the other from Germany in Almaty as well.

On 13 March, the first two cases of COVID-19 were announced.

On 15 March, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declared a state of emergency from 16 March to 15 April 2020. Many holidays such as Nowruz and the Victory Day military parade were cancelled.

On 19 March, a quarantine was placed on the cities of Nur-Sultan and Almaty where the highest cases were occurring. 

On 26 March, two patients were discharged in Nur-Sultan and Almaty, and that same day, a first death from the COVID-19 was reported in Nur-Sultan, which was 64-year old resident from the village of Kosshi.

On 30 March, Atyrau and 5 cities in Karaganda Region were under a lockdown.

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