Turkey, France evacuate Georgian citizens from China [VIDEO]
Initially, there were ten Georgian citizens in Wuhan. However, some left China amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus themselves, while three preferred to stay in the city, Georgian Foreign Ministry reports. Photo: Anadolu Agency
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Georgian citizens are being evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province, where the new coronavirus originated.
In particular, Turkey has evacuated three Georgian citizens among other passengers, while France has evacuated two.
Anadolu Agency released a video showing how a Turkish plane landed in Ankara yesterday:
The citizens evacuated from Wuhan are taken to hospital for further medical observation.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has thanked Turkey and France for arranging flights to evacuate Georgian citizens:
Thank you to #France for evacuating 2 Georgian nationals from coronavirus-hit #Wuhan in China. As the deadly virus continues to cross the borders, the only way the world can stop the outbreak is by standing together. @francediplo_EN
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) February 2, 2020
All of the Georgian citizens will go through a two-week quarantine before arriving to Georgia.
Georgian doctors are examining passengers as well as providing them with information on the symptoms of the virus upon arrival at the Georgian airports. Photo: Georgian Heath Ministry/Facebook
Georgia has temporarily suspended direct flights with China to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Passengers travelling from China to Georgia are also being examined.
Calling on the population to avoid any panic, the Georgian National Disease Control Centre announced yesterday that none of the cases of coronavirus have been revealed in Georgia so far.
Georgia spares no efforts to prevent coronavirus. The health system of the country is in full readiness and is capable of provide the necessary emergency assistance in compliance with modern standards even if the virus will spread”, the Centre stated.
Initially, there were ten Georgian citizens in Wuhan. However, some left China amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus themselves, while three preferred to stay in the city, the Georgian Foreign Ministry reported.
It further noted that as of now, there are up to 200 Georgian citizens in different parts of China. However, they are away from the epicentre of the virus.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani announced today that Georgia stands with China amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus. FM Zalkaliani also thanked Turkey for arranging a flight to evacuate Georgian citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province, where the new coronavirus originated.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said that the healthcare system is ready to efficiently respond to the challenge of the coronavirus if it appears in Georgia.
Passengers travelling from China to Georgia are being examined for a new strain of the coronavirus that originates in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Georgian doctors are examining passengers as well as providing them with information on the symptoms of the virus upon arrival.
Head of the Georgian National Disease Control Centre Amiran Gamkrelidze stated earlier today that there is a ‘low chance” that a new strain of a coronavirus which has killed nine in China may reach Georgia.
The Lugar Laboratory in Tbilisi will have a new test to diagnose the new China-born coronavirus 2019-nCOV starting February 4, said the head of the National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health Amiran Gamkrelidze.
Head of the Georgian National Disease Control Centre Amiran Gamkrelidze stated earlier today that the reagents arrived in Georgia at Kutaisi International Airport at 1 a.m. this morning.“We are very grateful to the Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, with whom we have been cooperating closely over past several years, to make it possible for us to diagnose the new coronavirus in Tbilisi,” Gamkrelidze said.
Two Georgian citizens with flu symptoms who came to the country from China, have tested negative for the new coronavirus, head of the Georgian National Disease Control Centre Amiran Gamkrelidze stated earlier today, after receiving test results from the Netherlands.Georgia sent the blood samples of the patients to the Netherlands at the end of last week as at that time Georgia was unable to test people for the 2019-nCOV virus, which originated in the city of Wuhan of China at the end of 2019 and has already killed 425.
Georgian citizen Nini Davlianidze, who is currently in the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province, reported today that the situation is serious, but there is no reason to panic. Davlianidze is one of those, who refused to be evacuated from Wuhan, where the new coronavirus originated.
Three Georgian citizens, who have been evacuated from China amid the recent China-born coronavirus, have arrived in Tbilisi via Dubai. Luka Bukhrashvili, Nino Vashalomidze and Ani Tatishvili have gone through the required medical observation at the airport.
A Korean citizen with flu symptoms remains in Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital and samples will be taken in order to diagnose whether he is negative for the new coronavirus or not, said Tengiz Tsertsvadze, the head of the hospital.
Georgia has evacuated 34 of its citizens from China amid the coronavirus outbreak. Although none of them have the symptoms of the China-born virus, they will still be placed in two-week quarantine.
Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze reported yesterday that the worsening of epidemiological situation in Iran amid the coronavirus outbreak is “a serious concern” for Georgia, as the number of infections is increasing there.
The Government of Georgia has made a decision to suspend direct flights with Iran amid the recent coronavirus outbreak. The Foreign Ministry announced today that this aims to prevent the spread of the virus to Georgia and to protect its citizens.
The Government Reserve Fund has allocated 1 million GEL ($358,358) to the Ministry of Health to respond to the challenge of the new coronavirus in Georgia. The Ministry of Finance has also been instructed to allocate additional financial resources to the Ministry of Health if necessary.
Five charter flights will be carried out by Georgian Airways to evacuate Georgian citizens from abroad amid the coronavirus outbreak. The flights will be carried out from Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, Greece and Cyprus by April 10, 2020.