Kazakhstan is ready to deliver Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 to its territory, First Vice Minister of Healthcare Marat Shoranov said on December 28. Shoranov revealed that the ministry had already signed the nondisclosure agreement with Pfizer and was ready to supply Kazakhstan with the vaccine. Everything, according to him, will depend on the ability of…
On December 22, Kazakhstan sent 100 mobile medical ventilators to Tajikistan by road, the Telegram Channel of the Kazakh Industry and Infrastructure Development Ministry reported. The ministry sent ventilators pursuant to the president’s task and instruction of the government of Kazakhstan dated December 10 “On rendering official humanitarian aid to Tajikistan”. The mobile ventilators are…
Twelve new animal vaccines have been developed by the research and production enterprise Antigen, an EBRD advisory client in Kazakhstan. Thanks to a project funded by the Kazakhstan government, the vaccines will be sold abroad. With the help of international advisers, the company was able to conform to the requirements of globally recognised Good Manufacturing…
The city of Almaty could avoid strong demand for medical masks and pharmaceuticals. New domestic producers of medical masks have sprung up following the high demand in the spring, bringing the total mask output in the city to 882 thousand. There are 15 major suppliers of medical masks in the city, which have 20 million…
As of October 23, UAH 34.1 billion, or 52%, has already been used from Ukraine’s COVID-19 Fund, the Finance Ministry’s press service reports. UAH 5.8 billion out of the planned UAH 16.3 billion or 35% was spent on healthcare. In particular, UAH 21 million was directed on the purchase of lung ventilation devices (UAH 100…
The overload of healthcare workers in Latvia because of the spread of COVID-19 is obvious, the chairman of Latvian Hospital Association (LHA) Jevgenijs Kalejs says. Kalejs claims the rapid spread of COVID-19 has caused workload to increase for all healthcare workers, adding that the state has not considered full remuneration of increased workload. The representatives…
The three-month stockpile of pharmaceuticals to treat the COVID-19 infection has been created in Atyrau region, Kazinform the press service of the press service of the region’s health office reports. 40 titles of the essential pharmaceuticals have been obtained through the social and business corporation Atyrau in order to ensure a stable supply of pharmaceuticals…