Kazakhstan were quarantined Karaganda and four satellite city on Sunday as part of the measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, said the authorities of Karaganda mining and metallurgical node.
Quarantine measures will enter from 00:00 on 30 March, i.e. in the night from Sunday to Monday. Will be closed auto - and railway stations, airports, without limitation, special flights. Companies are recommended to shorten the working day by two hours.
"will Also apply for the limitation of public transport and ensuring full perimeter of the quarantine zone," he said at a briefing the head of the regional Department of control of quality and safety of goods and services Kanat Askarov.
Country in Central Asia has confirmed 265 cases of coronavirus and has already locked his capital Nur-Sultan, the largest city Almaty and Shymkent, a large city in the South, and Aktau port in the Caspian sea.
New in the city fell to the blocked list on Sunday once in Karaganda was diagnosed seven new cases.
Among the blocked settlements in Kazakhstan, where the Kazakhstan's largest steel mill, owned by Arcelor Mittal.
the company does not comment on the mode of operation of their shops for the period of blocking the movement of people and goods. Earlier in JSC "ArcelorMittal Temirtau" has declared that is ready to confront any possible threat of coronavirus and built an action plan, valid for all enterprises of the company.
General Director Biju Nair in the beginning of this week instructed to avoid any third party or procurement of new contracts:
"We can't greatly reduce their production, because then we will have to do not enough gas in sheet-rolling shop № 1. The only way for us is to optimize its production and lower third-party purchases. We stop the purchase of metallurgical coke and reduce the amount of purchased ore."
In 2017, "ArcelorMittal Temirtau" produced 4.2 million tons of steel, in 2018 and 3.5 million tonnes in 2019 – 3.2 million tons.
