AKIPRESS.COM - Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin held a meeting of the government on prevention of the spread of coronavirus and preventive measures in Kazakhstan, the press service of the PM reports.

The participants reported on the current situation and response measures.

Following the meeting, Mamin ordered to take the following set of preventive measures:

1. To strengthen sanitary-epidemiological and migration control at checkpoints on the state border, including at the air, road and rail transport.

2. To establish medical supervision of all persons arriving from China at their place of residence.

3. To ensure the readiness of medical institutions to provide the necessary assistance to the population in the event of a worsening epdemiological situation.

4. To limit travel to China on business trips, as well as recommend refraining from traveling on private business or for tourism purposes.

5. To suspend the regime of 72-hour visa-free stay in Kazakhstan for transit passengers from China.

6. To temporarily suspend the work of the Kazakhstani part of the ICBC Khorgos.

7. To intensify work with Kazakhstani citizens located in the PRC in order to provide them with consular and other assistance.

8. Government authorities should organize the necessary interaction with relevant government agencies of the PRC and other interested countries in order to coordinate actions to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection.

9. If necessary, to provide emergency evacuation of Kazakhstani students and other citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan located in Wuhan, China.

10. To create an interdepartmental commission chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Berdibek Saparbayev, tasked with preparing an action plan to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Kazakhstan.