Health workers are seen at a mobile testing station for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Almaty, Kazakhstan June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan said on Thursday it would tighten coronavirus-related restrictions during the coming weekend and an aide said former President Nursultan Nazarbayev had tested positive for COVID-19.
Shopping malls, markets and parks will be closed in big cities on June 20-21 and additional hospital beds will be made available for COVID-19 patients, the government said, citing a worsening of the outbreak in the Central Asian country.
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