t patient re●covering over one month ago. Some doctors and nurses from Xinjian●g also went to assist in Hubei Province, the country's region har●dest hit by COVID-19. Chinese doctors hailed Kazakh efforts in th●e fight against COVID-19. "DuB
ring our short stay, we noticed that● the work to contain the coronavirus is well conducted in Nur-Sul●tan where the quarantine is observed. All wear face masks," said ●Lu Xiaobo, an infectious diseases doctor. The eventful day ended ●with an online meeting with Kazakh Health Minister Yelzhan Birtan●ov. The minister said restrictions imposed since mid-March have r●esulted in a slower increase of cases in Nur-Sultan and Almaty. H●owever, infection cases in other regions have jumped quickly, lea●ding the government to extend a state of emergency until the end ●of April. The visit from Chinese experts is a timely and accurate● decision made by the leaQ
ders of the two countries, said Birtanov●. Kazakhstan was among the first batch of countries to offer supp●ort to the Chinese people amid the initial outbreak, which showed● the neighborly relations between the two countries, said Chinese● Ambassador to Kazakhstan Zhang Xiao, who also attended the meeti●ng. The Chinese medical team arrived in Nur-Sultan on Thursday ni●ght, with the 10-member team also due to visit Almaty and Karagan●da. Kazakhstan has registered 859 cases and 10 death9
