The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan held an emergency consultation with WHO on a new Omicron COVID-19 strain. Press service of the Cabinet reported.
The Deputy Prime Minister Edil Baisalov held an emergency consultation with representatives of the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization regarding relevant information and development of response measures.
WHO included the new strain of COVID-19 Omicron in the list of «variants of concern.»
Nazira Artykova, Representative and Head of the WHO Country Office in Kyrgyzstan, said that, despite the stable epidemiological situation in the republic, it is necessary to accelerate immunization of the population of the republic to prevent spread of the infection. After all, the Omicron strain has the ability to spread very quickly compared to other COVID-19 strains.
The Deputy Prime Minister said that concrete decisions would be made to mobilize resources and intensify measures in connection with the emergence of the new strain. He instructed the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take all necessary measures to prevent the spread of the new strain of coronavirus in Kyrgyzstan.
The parties agreed that mass vaccination is the only effective method of combating COVID-19.
«We conducted an analysis and received evidence that all the deaths in recent months were registered among unvaccinated people only. Vaccines definitely saved lives. Even in case of infection, the disease has an uncomplicated form,» Edil Baisalov said.
