Kazakhstan orders 100,000 COVID-19 test systems

AKIPRESS.COM - Kazakhstan has COVID-19 test systems from Russia, China, UAE, Kazakhstan, U.S. and Germany. 15,000 tests have arrived in total, Health Minister Yelzhan Birtanov told a press conference today after two coronavirus cases were confirmed in Almaty. "5,093 tests were used on 3,389 citizens for 3 months. We have 9,907 test systems remaining. We expect supply of 60,000 tests and ordered 40,000 tests as a reserve," Birtanov added.
100,000 tests in total will be available, he said.
Two citizens of Kazakhstan tested positive for coronavirus after arrival from Germany.