Three athletes and two coaches contracted coronavirus during Olympics

Even the award ceremony for athletes in Akoda was postponed due to illness. He said that the current epidemic situation is stable and there is no need to worry.

The athlete who participated in the Paris Championships returned to the country yesterday. He won 7 medals — 1 gold, 3 silvers, 3 bronzes. But while winning the awards, he also brought the epidemic. The Ministry of Health did not disclose which athlete was infected with the coronavirus. It is understood that the PCR test results of three athletes and two coaches were positive.

Dias Ahmetsharip, Public Relations and Media Advisor to the Minister of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan:

— Passed in the form of light. Now they are being treated. Isolated. The rest of us athletes, the national team, are safe. That’s why there are several types of coronavirus now. He was also infected with the same type of virus. Because Parisbesides More than 40 athletes kNot the Kazakhs, but others and the national team Coronavirus Simple By Type Sick.

The World Health Organization also announced that COVID-19 is spreading in some countries. Last month, the number of patients increased in 84 countries around the world. For example, before the Paris Olympics, there were news of two Australian athletes being infected. Experts say that the epidemic in Kazakhstan is stable. Since the beginning of the year, the country has registered 1,200 cases. This is eight times less than last year.

Zhasulan Alpysbaev, Nursing Officer, Ministry of Health of the Republic of KazakhstanYes– Epidemiologyof Chairman of the Control Committee:

— Overall, the COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control situation in China is stable. Now, although there are small increases in other countries, such as South Korea and Russia, the situation in our country is stable. Now we should mention here that according to the monitoring results, this coronavirus infection is currently circulating under the Omicron subvariant GN1. That is, similar circulation is also seen in other countries. But this does not lead to a serious course of the disease or complications.

Athletes infected with the disease were sent to quarantine for two weeks. As a result, their meeting with the president was also postponed. In total, 46 cases of coronavirus infection were registered in the country last month. Since the beginning of the year, Almaty has registered 290 cases, 37 of which were teenagers and children.