ALMATY, May 06, 2020, SPA -- The spread of the novel coronavirus in Kazakhstan has slowed in recent days, the Central Asian nation's government said on Wednesday, indicating it could exit a state of emergency next week. Reuters reported. The daily growth of new confirmed cases had been stable at around 7% over the last two weeks, according to the healthcare ministry. Over the last three days, however, it has fallen to below 4%, it said. Kazakhstan declared a state of emergency in mid-March and locked down the country to curb the spread of the disease, which is known to have infected 4,298 people to date, of whom 29 have died. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said last month he would let the state of emergency elapse on May 11 unless there was a spike in fresh coronavirus cases. --SPA 13:56 LOCAL TIME 10:56 GMT 0011 www.spa.gov.sa/w1322712