FILE PHOTO: Specialists wearing protective gear sanitize public facilities to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Almaty, Kazakhstan March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan hopes to keep the number of coronavirus cases within 3,500 over the next two months, with the rate of infection peaking next month, Healthcare Minister Yelzhan Birtanov said on Monday.
The Central Asian nation of 19 million has confirmed 302 cases of the disease and has closed its borders, locked down most of its major cities and shut down most businesses in the two biggest population centres for a week.
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