Mass festivities on Nauryz banned in Kazakhstan due to coronavirus
Quarantine for Nauryz has been strengthened in Kazakhstan. In regions with a “red” zone for coronavirus, a lockdown is being introduced. These are Nur-Sultan, Almaty, West Kazakhstan region. The southern capital of the republic is of the greatest concern. There is a record for the daily increase of the infected – 437 people. The situation in Nur-Sultan is also deteriorating, Gulmira Zhanzakova, the correspondent of MIR 24, reports.
Residents of Nur-Sultan celebrate the Nauryz spring holiday. But mass festivities are banned due to the pandemic. Doctors recommend spending five days off with your family and not endangering yourself and your loved ones.
There are no traditional decorations for the holiday on the streets. In Nur-Sultan and Almaty, lockdown, as at the very beginning of the pandemic. Public transport is not available. Trading houses, fitness centers and baths are closed. And restaurants and cafes are allowed to work from 7 am to 10 pm.
“We recommend the regions located in the“ red ”and“ yellow ”zones to minimize the organization of mass events that can entail a large influx of population and increase the risk of spreading the disease,” said the chief state sanitary doctor of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerlan Kiyasov.
Kazakhstanis can stay on holidays without traveling. Starting today, new rules for tour operators are being introduced in the republic. Now they are prohibited from selling vouchers to residents who do not have a PCR certificate. The interdepartmental commission put the agencies before a choice: either the country closes the borders, or the analysis before and after the trip will become one of the services in the vacationer's package. Until now, residents have been tested at the expense of the state.
Mass festivities on Nauryz banned in Kazakhstan due to coronavirus
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“I think all this excitement will subside and people will understand that they have to pay anyway. We are not such a wealthy state to pay for PCR tests for everyone, ”said Inna Rey, President of the Association of Tour Operators of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Tourists who want to go on vacation on their own will have to go to the clinic themselves, where they can get tested for coronavirus. According to the chief physician, the quarantine can be lifted when collective immunity is formed in the country. Approximately 50% of the population of the republic should be vaccinated. This is more than 9.5 million people. So far, 100 thousand Kazakhstanis have been vaccinated.
