The government announced new weekend restrictions in several cities in Kazakhstan due to the coronavirus, Tengrinews.kz reports.

The Interdepartmental Commission (IAC) to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Kazakhstan decided:

taking into account the complication of the epidemiological situation and the increase in the incidence of coronavirus infection in a number of regions of Kazakhstan, introduce additional restrictive measures on weekends - June 20-21, 2020:

1) in the cities of Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Karaganda, Shymkent, Pavlodar and Ekibastuz:

- to suspend the activities of shopping and entertainment centers, trading houses, chain stores, covered food and non-food markets, bazaars;

- to allow the work of public catering facilities only outdoors in a street format, while maintaining social distancing;

- restrict the work of public transport;

- suspend the operation of public places: parks, squares, embankments, beaches, water parks;

- suspend the activities of fitness centers;

- restrict access to the street for persons over 65 years of age.

2) In settlements with a population of over 50 thousand people:

- suspend the operation of public places: parks, squares, embankments, water parks;

- restrict access to the street for persons over 65 years of age.

3) to close the entrance to tourist zones, geographically close to the cities of Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Karaganda, Shymkent, Pavlodar and Ekibastuz, in accordance with the decisions of the chief sanitary doctors of the regions, and to persons in these zones - to observe social distancing.