UN, USAID to conduct study on management of COVID-19, impact of pandemic on human rights in Georgia
An official statement published by the government’s press office reads that the study in crisis management and the impact of the pandemic is an important opportunity for the country to more effectively prepare for pandemics and ‘to further accelerate its social and economic development’. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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UN, USAID has launched a joint, large-scale study on the COVID-19 crisis management and the impact of the pandemic on social, human rights in Georgia.
It is especially important to assess and analyze the measures implemented by the government in the fight against the pandemic. It is also very important to identify flaws in order to ensure that the country’s institutions can deal with similar potential crises more effectively in the future”, said Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia at a meeting with international partners involved in the study earlier today.
It is very important for us for the research process to be independent, that is why it will be conducted by international experts”, said Natia Mezvrishvili, head of the government administration.
Head of the United Nations Population Fund ( UNFPA) Georgia Country Office Lela Bakradze said that the study will be focused on vulnerable groups, such as young people with disabilities, from ethnic minority groups, whose situation during the pandemic may have not been studied well.
An official statement published by the government’s press office reads that the study in crisis management and the impact of the pandemic is an important opportunity for the country to more effectively prepare for pandemics and ‘to further accelerate its social and economic development’.
Experts from Deloitte have analysed Georgian fiscal, monetary and sectoral economic policies and given recommendations to the Georgian government at an online meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia earlier today.
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The government of Georgia has presented an anti-crisis plan for Georgian businesses in order to ease the burden caused by the coronavirus crisis. The government responded to the demand of the hotels, restaurants, tourist agencies and tour operators in Georgia and decided to postpone payment of property and income tax by four months.
Officials from the World Health Organisation gave "positive assessment" to Georgia's efforts for preventing a spread of coronavirus outbreak in the country this week.
The World Health Organization (WHO) sees many positive signs from different countries in the fight against the new coronavirus outbreak including Georgia, noted Catherine Smallwood, WHO's senior health emergency officer for Europe.
Georgia's pandemic response agencies reported six new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, with half of them imported from abroad.
Professionals from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) are working at the Eliava Market in Tbilisi's Didube District, one of the larger market areas in the capital, to conduct hundreds of tests as pandemic prevention.
Georgia has reported just two new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 1,179. 959 of the 1,179 patients have recovered, while 17 others have died. As of today 203 people remain infected with COVID-19 in the country. One of the two new patients had contact with an infected individual and was under quarantine, while the remaining one does not know how he contracted the virus.
Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital will conduct a study on post-acute COVID-19 syndrome among individuals who have contracted the virus in the last two months.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with communications agency Zinc Network will develop a series of public service announcements to bust vaccine myths in Georgia, inform the public about the benefits of getting vaccinated and share fact-based information about vaccines.