Kupesheva Elnara

Name	Kupesheva Elnara
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Present position, department/division, and organization	Expert, Department for processing and issuing regulatory legal acts, Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic
Date of completion	September 2020

At the time I am writing this, the situation has begun to decline. There are now 100 cases of infection and 3 died by 10th September 10, 2021, whereas 2 months ago, 200 to 400 new cases of infection were recorded every day, and 5-7 people died. The infected are detected in all regions, but most of all in the capital Bishkek and the nearest Chui region.

All measures are limited to requests to wear masks and not to visit unnecessarily crowded places.

Within our country, there is no strong influence of the virus on the daily routine. But those who travel outside the country feel the inconvenience of free movement between countries since many are still closed for entry.

For me personally, the pandemic did not affect us so much. I personally and my children constantly wear masks, we often go on foot instead of public transport.

In Kyrgyzstan, despite the pandemic and the ban on holding crowded family celebrations, they are held. For example, in 1 month my husband and I were invited to 4 such events, where 50 or more people gather. We had to go to 1 (called too persistently :))) At work, the situation is similar, the management asks everyone to wear masks, but in fact, only a few wear them.

I think that in order to fight another pandemic that may happen in the future, we must forge close cooperation between society and the government. The state and non-governmental organizations should carry out preventive work. For example, in schools in universities, and government agencies, conduct explanatory seminars using statistics so that people understand the full scale of what is happening or a possible pandemic. Also, the media can be very helpful in highlighting the importance of preventive measures to combat the pandemic through the mass media.

I believe that now people are less likely to watch television and listen to the radio and use Internet resources more, why not use these popular resources. Therefore, I say that the state should seek to cooperate with civil society. I hope that through the education of society can the negative phenomenon of a pandemic be reduced.