Kazakh News Agency/Nur-Sultan/July 13-To express condolences to citizens who died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic, today (13th) was established as a national day of mourning in Kazakhstan. At 12:00 Nur Sultan time, the whole country will observe a minute of silence. During his previous televised speech to the citizens about the domestic epidemic situation, President Hasmu-Dromart Tokayev of Kazakhstan announced that July 13 will be the national day of mourning and signed the relevant presidential decree. . «We cherish the life of every Kazakh citizen, so the death of every citizen hurts my heart. This plague swallowed many people who are cherished by us. I express my condolences to all citizens whose relatives have passed away. For this reason, I declare July 13th as the National Day of Mourning. However, we will continue to fight the epidemic. »President Tokayev said in his speech. The President emphasized that we must be united in fighting the epidemic. In his speech that day, President Tokayev also pointed out the main measures to prevent and control the new crown epidemic, including: strengthening primary medical protection, increasing hospital beds, improving the equipment of domestic testing centers to enhance testing capabilities, and establishing 8 mobile PCR testing centers, establishing online service centers in various places, etc. Kazakhstan discovered the first confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia (COVID-19) on March 13, 2020-two citizens who entered the country from Germany. On March 26, there was the first death caused by new coronary pneumonia-a 64-year-old female. According to Alva Zolledbalina, the head of Kazakhstan’s Presidential Institute of Strategic Studies, China, the United States and Spain have all announced a national day of mourning to mourn the deaths of the new crown. The new crown epidemic has caused huge losses in the aforementioned countries. Kazakhstan had previously announced a national day of mourning six months ago, on December 28, 2019, to mourn the victims of an air crash. Since its independence in 1991, Kazakhstan has declared 9 National Days of Mourning. As of July 12, Kazakhstan had a total of 58,253 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 33,814 had recovered and discharged, and 264 people had died of COVID-19. [Compilation: Muhetar Mulati]