Editing Nursultan Nazarbayev (section)

===COVID-19===
Nazarbayev created the Biz Birgemiz (lit. "We are Together") Fund in March 2020 "to fight the [[COVID-19 pandemic|pandemic COVID-19]] effectively while supporting the economy".<ref name="Biz">{{cite web |title=Nazarbayev's Biz Birgemiz Fund Dedicates Funds to Help 80,000 Struggling Rural Families |url=https://astanatimes.com/2020/06/nazarbayevs-biz-birgemiz-fund-dedicates-funds-to-help-80000-struggling-rural-families/ |website=The Astana Times|date=27 June 2020 }}</ref> As of June 2020, the fund gathered over 28 billion tenge ($69.3 million) to provide financial aid to more than 470,000 families in 23 cities as part of the fund's three waves of assistance.<ref name="Biz"/> Upon his diagnosis with COVID-19 in mid-June of that year, he received calls and telegrams of support from world leaders, including [[Vladimir Putin]] and King [[Abdullah II of Jordan]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elbasy.kz/en/news/2020-06/telegram-addressed-nursultan-nazarbayev-king-jordan-abdullah-ii|title=Telegram addressed to Nursultan Nazarbayev from King of Jordan Abdullah II|website=Official website of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev|access-date=5 July 2020|archive-date=5 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705210152/https://elbasy.kz/en/news/2020-06/telegram-addressed-nursultan-nazarbayev-king-jordan-abdullah-ii|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as former [[president of Croatia]] [[Stjepan Mesić]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elbasy.kz/en/news/2020-06/telegram-addressed-nursultan-nazarbayev-ex-president-croatia-stefan-mesic|title=Telegram addressed to Nursultan Nazarbayev from ex-President of Croatia Stefan Mesic|website=Official website of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev|access-date=5 July 2020|archive-date=5 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705130215/https://elbasy.kz/en/news/2020-06/telegram-addressed-nursultan-nazarbayev-ex-president-croatia-stefan-mesic|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In June 2021, Nazarbayev received a Russian-made [[Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine|Sputnik V]] vaccine against the virus. From there, he urged everyone to get vaccinated due to emergence of the new COVID-19 strains for their health, acknowledging the challenging times happening in amidst of the pandemic and wishing health and wellbeing for the public.<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 June 2021|title=Nursultan Nazarbayev urges Kazakhstanis to vaccinate|url=http://lenta.inform.kz/en/article/3805331|access-date=23 October 2021|website=lenta.inform.kz|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=27 June 2021|title=Former President Nazarbayev gets vaccinated with Sputnik V|url=https://akipress.com/news:659859:Former_President_Nazarbayev_gets_vaccinated_with_Sputnik_V/|access-date=23 October 2021|website=akipress.com}}</ref>