Children account for over 33% of recent COVID-19 cases
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Children under 18 account for over 33% of fresh cases of the coronavirus infection in Kazakhstan, Kazinform correspondent reports.
At a press briefing of the Central Communications Service on Friday deputy head of the medical aid organization department of the Ministry of Healthcare Kulyaim Birzhanova revealed that 33,7% of recent COVID-19 cases fall at children, while adults account for 66,3% of fresh infections.
Some 90% of those who contracted COVID-19 recently are treated at home. Presently, COVID-19 has a short incubation period of 2- 14 days, Birzhanova noted.
Earlier it was reported that the COVID-19 morbidity had spiked 3.2-fold in the country in the past week from 2,558 to 8,156 COVID-19 cases.
In the past day Kazakhstan logged in 2,480 cases of the coronavirus infection. 80% of those who tested positive for COVID-19 had been vaccinated or revaccinated more than six months ago.