All Kyrgyz citizens arriving from abroad placed in observations

Bishkek, May 18, 2020 / Kabar/. All citizens arriving from abroad to Kyrgyzstan are placed in observatories, pass PCR tests, and undergo a medical examination, the country’s Deputy Minister of Health Nurbolot Usenbaev told a news briefing. He said that each visitor is also questioned. “An application is installed to their phones for monitoring them. After receiving negative tests, they are sent to home quarantine. But if there are no conditions, then they remain in observation. When the incubation period expires, then the second tests are taken. And if this analysis is negative, then the person is allowed to live a normal life,” he explained. So far, Kyrgyzstan has reported 1,216 cases of COVID-19, including 14 deaths and 827 recovery cases, since March 18. Currently, 375 COVID-19 patients are in hospitals, 2236 people who had contact with infected patients are under medical observation. In addition, the number of contacts of laboratory-confirmed patients with COVID-19 makes 6050 people, all of them are under the supervision of doctors in home quarantine.