Employees in quarantine, self-isolation amid coronavirus outbreak to be compensated by employers
As of now, 19 individuals remain in Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Disease, with three cases of coronavirus detection. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Individuals placed in quarantine or self-isolation for two weeks amid the coronavirus outbreak will be compensated by their employers per an order released by Georgia’s Ministry of Health, reports the press office of the Ministry.
[These individuals] are not able to get special documents given out by doctors. So, the Ministry of Health has decided to issue electronic documents which will be verified by our monitoring service”, said Ekaterine Adamia, the Head of Public Health Care and Programs Division of the Health Care Department.
Adamia said that 97 individuals remain under quarantine throughout Georgia, and will be under the supervision of medics for two weeks. 92 other citizens, who had recently traveled in Iran or Italy or contacted with people who recently returned from these countries, are in self-isolation in order to avoid the risk of spreading the new coronavirus Covid-19.
As of now, 19 individuals remain in Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Disease, with three cases of coronavirus detection.
Medics say that the patients’ health condition is satisfactory for now.
Georgian citizens have been recommended to temporarily avoid travelling to China, Iran, South Korea and Italy amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The government of Georgia has created a website - www.stopcov.ge - to inform the public about the coronavirus and provide information about the measures taken by the government to prevent thr spread of the coronavirus across the country.
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.
Public schools will be closed in Georgia until March 16 as a measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus. As of today, three Georgian citizens have tested positive for COVID-19, while 170 others, who have been travelling to countries with high risk of the virus, remain under the quarantine in Georgia.
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.