Economy

Particular attention is paid to the need to take systemic measures to support domestic manufacturers of medical devices and pharmaceuticals.

Ministries of Healthcare and Foreign Affairs reported on the work being done to conclude preliminary contracts for the purchase of vaccines against COVID-19.

"We faced the same problems that all the business of Kazakhstan faced. At the end of March, when it was announced that quarantine measures would be taken, and sanitary doctors in some cities banned our branches from working, we transferred part of the functions to online," she said.

Yerbol Ospanov was born in 1977 in the South Kazakhstan Region. In 1998, he graduated from the Al-Farabi Kazakh State National University, in 2002 — from the Kazakh National Agrarian University.

He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Kazakh Financial and Economic Academy.

The head of government instructed to carry out systematic preparatory work to restore the functioning of those sectors of the economy that have suspended their activities over the next two weeks.

According to the department, this year Kazakhstan plans to produce 120 million tons of coal 82 million tons of which will be supplied to the domestic market and 38 million tons will be exported. In addition, issues are being considered to increase by 80 thousand tons the volume of supply to Ukraine and 50 thousand tons to the PRC.

According to Nurbek Dairbekov, Kazakh Vice Minister of Agriculture, the number of cattle has risen by 4.5% and neared 9 million heads and that of goats and sheep - by 2% to 25 million heads.

The signed intergovernmental agreement will open a new phase in implementation of the strategic investment project. It will allow to expand the existing production and commence construction of a new plant with a capacity of at least 1 million tons of mineral fertilizers and industrial products per year using the best technologies available in the chemical industry.

The report says that a renewed focus on reforms in logistics, digital communications, and the financial sector could support the private sector in seeking new opportunities.