Kyrgyz vice PM instructs to develop action plan for medical supervision of children under 14 years old

Bishkek, Feb. 18, 2021 / Kabar /. First Vice Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Artem Novikov held an operational meeting on cases of pneumonia among children, the government's press service said.

Artem Novikov stressed that the current situation with the incidence of pneumonia, influenza and Kawasaki syndrome of children is of great concern to the public.

He criticized the work of the relevant authorities for the lack of a plan of measures for the medical supervision of children under the age of 14.

“It is necessary to create a unified medical database of children under the age of 14 and keep a daily record of the incidence of influenza and pneumonia. All educational institutions, regardless of their form of ownership, must regularly provide information on each child. Preschool and school institutions currently operate in a limited format. Without analyzing the impact of the traditional educational process during the COVID-19 pandemic on children's health, we cannot talk about its full resumption,” noted Artem Novikov and gave the following instructions.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Kyrgyz Republic, together with the Mayor's Office of Bishkek and the Ministry of Education and Science, within a week must conduct a medical examination of children studying offline in preschool and school institutions in Bishkek by making PCR tests for coronavirus infection, if there are any corresponding symptoms. In addition, it was instructed to develop a plan of measures for medical supervision of children under the age of 14, taking into account their daily incidence of influenza and pneumonia.

Instructions were also given to ensure conditions for voluntary vaccination of children with influenza vaccine in public and private medical organizations. At the same time, special attention should be paid to conducting information work among the population on the prevention of coronavirus infection and timely contacting medical workers in the presence of symptoms of COVID-19 and pneumonia.

The first vice prime minister concluded that preventive medical examinations of children in preschool and school educational institutions should be carried out on a systematic basis.