Kazakhstan gradually closing down COVID-19 hospitals

NUR-SULTAN. Kazakh Healthcare Minister Alexey Tsoi announced a decrease in number of coronavirus patients being treated and number of COVID-19 hospitals rolled out earlier, Paryz.kz cites Kazinform.

Kazakhstan gradually closing down COVID-19 hospitals
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«For the past month the number of patients staying at hospitals decreased by 20,000 or twice. All the regions started shutting down COVID-19 hospitals. For example, the Kazakh capital city closed down 4 hospitals for 330 beds, Almaty shut 11 hospitals for 2,000 beds» he told the Government meeting. As the Healthcare Ministry claim, all the regions report a reduction in coronavirus cases. The number of COVID-19 cases dropped from 11,000 to 8,000 in the last week. Notably, Kazakhstan entered the COVID-19 ‘green zone’ on June 6.