By Reuters
Kazakhstan’s healthcare ministry reported 14 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, raising the total count to 27 in the Central Asian nation.
An employee wearing a protective face mask checks the temperature of a woman at the entrance of a shopping mall, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Almaty, Kazakhstan March 17, 2020. (REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev/MANILA BULLETIN)
According to minister Yelzhan Birtanov, the 14 new patients were diagnosed in the capital, Nur-Sultan.