NUR-SULTAN, January 9./TASS/. The Kazakh Ministry of Health has denied information circulated in social media about the seizure of a military biological lab near Almaty by unidentified people.

"This is not true. The facility is being protected," the ministry’s press service said.

Social media reports maintained that specialists in chemical protection suits were working near the lab, so, a leak of dangerous pathogens could have occurred.