In the Republic of Kazakhstan, citizens are provided with access to five types of vaccines: Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V), QazVac, Hayat-Vax, KoronaVac and Sinopharm.
As of October 25, 2021 Vaccination Rate in Kazakhstan has reached 60 percent:
- 8 168 114 people out of 19 million population were vaccinated with Component I of a vaccine against COVID-19 in Kazakhstan;
- 7 329 137 people (60% of the population) were vaccinated with Component II of a vaccine against COVID-19 in Kazakhstan, deeming full (complete) vaccination.
A vaccine should be administered in two stages with an interval of 21 days or 14-28 days (depending on the type of vaccine).
In addition, revaccination of the population by a Booster dose is planned to begin from the third decade of November this year for the following categories of risk groups – medical workers, teachers, personnel and contingent of medical and social institutions and closed institutions, employees of law enforcement agencies.
Vaccination in Kazakhstan is voluntary. According to article 77 of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On people’s health and the health care system”, any medical procedure, including vaccination, is carried out only with the informed consent of the vaccinated person. Informed consent is documented by signing and dating an informed consent form.
Any citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan will be able to receive a preventive vaccination against COVID-19 free of charge within the guaranteed volume of free medical care in a medical organization at the place of residence.
Sources:
https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/dsm/press/news/details/273934?lang=ru
https://www.coronavirus2020.kz/ru/vaccine
Photo: Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan Askar MAMIN being vaccinated against COVID-19, press service of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan / primeminister.kz
