Kazakhstan sees decline in COVID-19 cases among schoolchildren

NUR-SULTAN, November 4 (KAZINFORM) – Over the past two weeks of October COVID-19 cases in schoolchildren dropped in Kazakhstan, Kazinform correspondent reports. «Among schoolchildren studying in traditional format 15,028 COVID-19 cases were reported, 1,317 of which were detected in those who were in contact with COVID-19 infected people. Contacts account for up to 8.7% of the total COVID-19 cases among schoolchildren,» said First Vice Minister of Health of Kazakhstan Marat Shoranov. Over the past two weeks of October, COVID-19 cases among schoolchildren dropped by 1.3 times in the country. «However, Pavlodar, Akmola, Mangistau, and Turkestan regions saw increase [in COVID-19 cases in schoolchildren] by up to 1.4 times. 159 thousand contacts, 0.8% of whom tested positive, were detected,» said the first vice minister. Earlier the first vice minister of health of Kazakhstan talked about the epidemiological situation in Kazakhstan.