Ministry of health: 66 schools in Kazakhstan closed for quarantine due to coronavirus

Currently, 66 schools in the Republic are closed for quarantine. They were closed due to detected cases of COVID-19 infection among children or school staff.

"Since September 1, 165 schools have been closed. To date, 66 educational institutions are under quarantine. The minimum period for which the school is closed for quarantine is 14 days, this is the minimum incubation period. If there is a situation when several cases are detected, the incubation period is considered from the last case, " Aizhan Esmagambetova said.

She also added that the situation in the capital today is much better in Nursultan. At the moment, 8 schools are closed there, 6 of them were closed on November 25. Other regions of the country were not mentioned at the conference.

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