President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart TokayevALMA-ATA, Jan 21 President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, at a meeting with representatives of the business community on Friday, instructed the government to reconsider the tough restrictive measures against small and medium-sized businesses, since the spread of «omicron» is still becoming a universal phenomenon. «Apparently, COVID in the form of now «omicron» is becoming a universal phenomenon , and it seems that many, at least most people, will be forced to get sick with the “omicron.” Under these conditions, strict quarantine measures for small and medium-sized businesses, especially in the service sector — how rational and practical are they? — asked the president. Turning to the government, he instructed to review the restrictive measures. «Why do we need to stifle small and medium-sized businesses in these conditions and create unequal conditions in the economy?» — the head of state noted.
