COVID-19 vaccination in Kazakhstan
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| Date | 1 February 2021 – present |
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| Location | Kazakhstan |
| Cause | COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan |
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| COVID-19 pandemic |
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COVID-19 vaccination in Kazakhstan is an ongoing immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country.[citation needed]
Background[edit]
Kazakhstan has created its own COVID-19 vaccination, QazCovid-in, developed by the Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems.[1] On 7 April 2021, the healthcare minister Alexey Tsoi announced the Kazakh government had requested 4 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, in addition to 2 million doses already received earlier in 2021, as part of an ongoing vaccination programme alongside QazCovid-in.[2]
Vaccine in order[edit]
| Vaccine | Approval | Deployment |
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| Sputnik V |  Yes
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Yes
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| QazCovid-in | Yes
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Yes
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| Sinopharm[3] | Yes
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Yes
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| Sinovac[4] | Yes
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Yes
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References[edit]
- ^ December 2020, Aidana Yergaliyeva in Nation on 20 (December 20, 2020). "Kazakhstan Begins Vaccinating 3,000 Volunteers With Self-Made QazCovid-in". The Astana Times. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ Staff, Reuters (April 7, 2021). "Kazakhstan asks Russia for additional Sputnik V supplies". Reuters. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ Satubaldina, Assel (April 30, 2021). "Three Vaccines to Become Available to Kazakh Citizens". The Astana Times. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ "В Казахстан доставили первую партию китайской вакцины CoronaVac | Kazakhstan Today". www.kt.kz (in Russian). Retrieved June 7, 2021.
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