Turkish citizens visiting countries with coronavirus outbreak won’t be able to enter Georgia
The measure will be temporary until the situation concerning the spread of the coronavirus stabilizes. Photo: batumelebi.
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The General Consulate of Turkey in Georgia reports that Turkish citizens who have visited China, Iran, South Korea and Italy in the past 21 days will not be allowed to enter Georgia to prevent the spread of the new, China-born coronavirus Covid-19.
The consulate says that Turkish citizens, including truck drivers, already [starting yesterday] have to present their passports to border guards to have their travel record checked.
The consulate says that it is a temporary measure as the situation regarding the coronavirus is changing quickly.
Georgia reported its first case of the new respiratory infection yesterday.
The Georgian government has issued a new decree to prevent the spread of the new, China-born coronavirus Covid-19, making amendments in the January 28 decree following the confirmation of the first case of the coronavirus in the country yesterday. The decree instructs various state agencies to present their action plans against the spread of the respiratory infection and their budgets by March 1, 2020.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has responded to the detection of the first case of the new, China-born coronavirus Covid-19 in Georgia, stating that ‘there is no reason to panic, as the government is in absolute control of the situation.’ “We have no reason to panic. The Health Ministry, all responsible agencies and the inter-agency council [created to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the country] are in total control of the situation,” Gakharia said.
Georgia has imposed a travel ban on Iran, after a Georgian citizen who recently travelled there has tested positive for the coronavirus. The intergovernmental coordination group ld by Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia gathered on Wednesday after the first case of the infection has been confirmed in the country earlier that day.
Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze announced today that a Georgian citizen who recently travelled to Iran for business has tested positive for the coronavirus. Tikaradze said that the individual who returned to Georgia via Azerbaijan yesterday was immediately delivered to the Tbilisi infectious disease hospital and did not have any communication with other citizens, except for border guards.
15 individuals have been placed under quarantine for two weeks and will be under the supervision of medics while they are tested for the new coronavirus in the Lung Diseases Rehabilitation Centre of Abastumani, a small town in Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakheti region.
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air will reduce the number of flights to several destinations in Italy, including from Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport, due to a decrease in demand for flights as the coronavirus spread in Italy.