Kazakhstan to tighten COVID-19 restrictions as outbreak worsens

Kazakhstan to tighten COVID-19 restrictions as outbreak worsens
# 18 June 2020 11:20 (UTC +04:00)

Kazakhstan will close shopping malls, markets and parks in major cities on June 20-21 and make additional hospital beds available for COVID-19 patients, the Central Asian nation’s government said on Thursday, APA reports citing Reuters.

The government said the restrictions were needed due to a worsening of the outbreak there. It also ordered all provinces of the country to broaden their coronavirus testing.

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