"We are expecting the arrival of five citizens of Kazakhstan at the border, they are inhabitants of the East Kazakhstan region who stayed in China," said Daniyal Akhemtov, akim of the East Kazakhstan region to the people who gathered near the district hospital in Zaisan.
Rumors had been circulating in the East Kazakhstan region about alleged delivery of people sick with coronavirus from China. People gathered near the district hospital claiming to close the border between the East Kazakhstan region and China.
The authorities of the region denied information about the arrival of people carrying coronavirus in the region.
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