The recent epidemic situation in Kazakhstan is getting tighter. According to the prediction of the Ministry of health of Kazakhstan, the number of newly confirmed cases in the country will exceed 4000 in a single day in August. In addition, the Ministry of Health pointed out that if any area enters the "red zone" with epidemic risk level, restrictive measures will be taken in stages. Kazakh Prime Minister smilov said at the government meeting on the 2nd that relevant government departments have noticed the increase of the epidemic infection rate, and the number of cases in the country continues to exceed 3000, especially in the capital Nur Sudan and Karaganda state. To this end, the inter departmental joint committee for COVID-19 prevention and control will strengthen restrictive measures. He also asked local governments to continue to effectively promote vaccination. On the same day, the number of confirmed cases in Kazakhstan has increased 3.2 times in the past two weeks, according to the health minister of Kazakhstan, giniat. Giniat pointed out that according to official data, Kazakhstan has experienced five waves of epidemic since the outbreak of the epidemic, with a total of nearly 1.4 million confirmed cases. She said that taking into account the current virus characteristics, the burden of the medical system and the epidemic situation, the Ministry of health predicted that the number of newly confirmed cases in a single day in August would exceed 4000, and the number would gradually decrease from September. Genette also said that according to the results of gene sequencing, Omicron ba 5 variant strains accounted for 70% of the confirmed cases in July this year, and most of the infected people were mild. She said that the mutated strain has strong transmission power. If the epidemic situation further worsens, the Ministry of health will restart the use of "ashyq" health QR code system according to relevant regulations. She further pointed out that in areas that have entered the "red zone" of the epidemic risk level, restrictive measures will be taken in two stages: when the number of hospitalized people per 100000 residents reaches 25 to 50, they need to wear masks indoors and in all types of transportation; When the number of inpatients per 100000 residents exceeds 50, various facilities will restart the "ashyq" health QR code system. In addition, the number of people in commercial entities shall not exceed 50% of the capacity. At the same time, 30% of the staff of educational institutions need to switch to remote work mode. In the past 24 hours, there were 2661 newly confirmed cases in Kazakhstan on a single day, with a total of more than 1.35 million confirmed cases and more than 13000 deaths. There were 89585 cases with COVID-19 symptoms and negative nucleic acid test results. So far, more than 10.79 million people have received the first dose of vaccine, more than 10.52 million people have received the second dose of vaccine, and more than 5.05 million people have received booster vaccination. Except Nur Sudan, which is in the "yellow zone" of epidemic risk level, other areas are in the "green zone". (news agency)