588 arrive in Kazakhstan without PCR tests

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – 17 international flights arrived in the territory of Kazakhstan on January 17, 2021 from the UK, Germany, the Republic of Maldives, the UAE, Egypt, Turkey, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan, Kazinform reports.

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Of 2,611 passengers of those flights, 2,023 had negative PCR tests. Of 2,611, 588 nationals of Kazakhstan had no PCR tests.

9 flights with 1,527 passengers on board (274 with no PCR tests) landed in Almaty city and 8 flights with 1,084 passengers on board (274 without PCR tests) landed in Nur-Sultan city.

The passengers without PCR tests have been tested for COVID-19 and are awaiting for the results at quarantine facilities.

All 431 nationals of Kazakhstan who had arrived back home without PCR tests on January 16 tested negative for COVID-19.