A medical worker in the intensive care unit of a COVID hospital. File photoALMA-ATA, Aug 2The incidence of coronavirus in Kazakhstan has increased 3.2 times over the past two weeks, said the Minister of Health of the Republic, Azhar Giniyat. «In the past two weeks, the number of cases has increased by 3.2 times — from 10,714 to 34,550 cases. Over the past 24 hours, 2021 cases of coronavirus infection have been registered …, no deaths have been registered,» she said at a government meeting on Tuesday. worldwide, the next wave of COVID-19 incidence is caused by a subvariant of the strain «omicron» BA.5, which, according to the results of a genetic study conducted in the country in July of this year, was found in 70% of the examined samples. This variant is highly contagious and proceeds much easier compared with the «delta» option. This is also confirmed by the fact that more than 94% of the sick people receive treatment on an outpatient basis, «said the head of the ministry Zdrav.According to the Ministry of Health, 80% of patients with coronavirus are either not vaccinated or have been vaccinated for more than six months. formula» to protect yourself from coronavirus
