COVID-19 cases jump in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan as Omicron spreads

Individuals queue outdoors a day affected person facility opened by authorities to deal with sufferers contaminated with the coronavirus illness (COVID-19), in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan July 6, 2020. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov

BISHKEK, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Central Asian neighbours Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan reported jumps in new COVID-19 instances on Wednesday as each nations mentioned the Omicron variant of the virus was now spreading on their territories.

Kyrgyzstan reported its first instances of the variant on Wednesday whereas Kazakhstan confirmed its first final week.

The Kyrgyz healthcare ministry mentioned on Wednesday it has registered 465 new COVID-19 instances, a five-month excessive.

Kazakh Healthcare Minister Azhar Giniyat instructed a authorities assembly on the identical day that the nation has registered over 8,000 instances during the last seven days, virtually 3 times extra within the earlier seven days.

Reporting by Olga Dzyubenko; writing by Olzhas Auyezov; enhancing by Jason Neely and Tomasz Janowski

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