Georgia has expanded the category of people who will be tested for COVID-19 as there have been cases of internal transmission over the past several days.
Head of Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Diseases Tengiz Tsertsvadze said that Georgia has managed to contain the virus for several weeks and there was no need to test so many people for the coronavirus.
We knew the sources of the virus and all contacts were identified. Now we have cases when people do not know how they contracted the virus. That is why we have the need to test more people for the virus,” Tsertsvadze said.
Earlier, only people who travelled abroad or had contact with foreigners and had symptoms of acute respiratory infection were tested.
Now, people who show no symptoms, but who have traveled abroad or had contact with foreigners or infected individuals will also be tested, in addition to everyone who has symptoms of acute respiratory infection.