Some 6,000 kids contracted Omicron since early Jan in Kazakh capital
16:00, 10 February 2022
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Chief state sanitary doctor of Nur-Sultan Sarkhat Beissenova told a briefing about number of coronavirus cases in children registered since the beginning of the year, Kazinform reports.
80% out of total coronavirus cases account for adults, 53% of which fall on people aged 25-55. The share of children in the age of 0-17 accounts for 17%, 28.2% of them account for teens aged 12-17.
She added that 5,929 COVID-19 cases were recorded in pupils, 365 of them studied in -person, 3,354 studied online. 2,219 contracted viruses during their vacations until January 17.
She also reminded that since February 14 this year all the schools the nationwide will switch to in-person learning.