COVID-19 incidence in Kazakhstan increases almost 20-fold over month, Health Minister says

COVID-19 incidence in Kazakhstan increases almost 20-fold over month, Health Minister says
# 18 January 2022 10:08 (UTC +04:00)

The incidence of the coronavirus infection in Kazakhstan over the past month has increased almost 20-fold due to the spread of the Omicron strain, Kazakh Health Minister Azhar Giniyat said at a meeting of the government on Tuesday, APA reports citing TASS.

"The incidence over the past month has increased 19.6-fold," she said.

The official also specified that 16 out of 17 Kazakh regions are currently in the red zone in terms of the rates of the spread of the infection, while one region is in the yellow zone.

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