Exercises to prevent the importation of avian influenza are at airports and the border with China railway stations in Kazakhstan.
In the People's Republic was aggravation of the epidemiological situation related to the emergence and spread of avian influenza caused by the A/H7N9 strain. Thus, according to official information from the World Health Organization, the number of cases with avian influenza A/H7N9 has reached 130 people, 35 (27%) cases registered death.
The World Health Organization called the A/H7N9 virus is one of the most deadly, because of its ability to mutate and the potential for transmission from person to person, that may be a threat of a pandemic.
"Currently, in the cities of Almaty, Astana, Shymkent conduct flights from the cities of Beijing, Urumqi and Sanya China. There is a rail link through the Dostyk in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Department of Sanitary Inspection Committee of the Ministry of Health in transportation ... is a set of measures to prevent the introduction and spread of avian influenza A/H7N9 in the Republic of Kazakhstan, reinforced sanitary-quarantine control of persons arriving from China, with the use of non-contact temperature measurement devices, algorithms operations specialists sanitary and quarantine stations at international airports, railway crossing points of the state border of Kazakhstan to organize anti-epidemic measures in identifying patients with suspected bird flu, memo aircraft for flight attendants, conductors, coaches, passengers and tourists, "- said in a statement.
From 16 April to 14 May 2013 in the international airports of Almaty, Astana and Shymkent Flight 112 arrived with the total number of air passengers and crew members - 10 277 people, including those who arrived with suspected influenza A / H7N9 have been identified.
From 15 to 17 May 2013 conducted training exercises in the international airports of Atyrau and Karaganda, May 22 - at the railway station of Astana.
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