Kazakhstan plans to vaccinate about 6 million people, or almost a
third of its population, against the coronavirus this year, healthcare
minister Alexei Tsoy said on Tuesday.Addressing the
Government’s session on Tuesday, Minister of Healthcare said there are
plans to start the vaccination campaign on February 1.
At-risk
groups are expected to be the first to get the vaccine. Alexei Tsoi
stressed Kazakhstan will carry out the step-by-step vaccination
campaign. According to him, healthcare workers are the first in line to
get the vaccine shots starting from February 1. Teachers of secondary
schools and universities are the second in line to be vaccinated in
March 2021.
During the third stage of the
vaccination campaign teachers of orphanages and kindergarten, students,
and people with chronic illnesses will get vaccinated starting from
April. Thus, the Minister of Healthcare said 6 million of Kazakhstanis
are to be vaccinated by yearend. Prime Minister Askar Mamin said the
focal point is t.organize mass vaccination of the population and to
this end instructed the Ministry of Healthcare to ensure readiness of
medical institutions to the mass vaccination.
