Additional police checkpoint to be set up in quarantined Bolnisi in eastern Georgia
A total of 16 checkpoints have been set up in Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia on major roads to control traffic in the region. Photo: Interior Ministry press office
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An additional police checkpoint will be set up in the village of Kvemo Bolnisi in Bolnisi Municipality which is under quarantine for the tenth day now.
The Georgian Interior Ministry announced today that this aims to ensure the enforcement of “significantly tough measures” imposed during the state of emergency.
Interior Ministry employees will provide locals with comprehensive information about the quarantine restrictions and provide assistance. Photo: Interior Ministry press office
The Interior Ministry calls everyone living in Georgia to follow requirements of the Georgian legislation on public health.
Police checkpoints were also set up in Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Rustavi, Zugdidi, Poti, Gori, Telavi and Akhaltsikhe.
Georgian Defence Force servicemembers are ensuring quarantine conditions in eastern Georgia's Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities using equipment provided by partners from the United States and Germany.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili visited a checkpoint at the entrance of the Marneuli municipality which is under quarantine for the seventh day now. President Zurabishvili thanked police, military servicemen and healthcare professionals for their nonstop fight against the coronavirus.
Starting today, public transport has been suspended in the western Georgian region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti to counter the further spread of COVID-19. Joint groups of police, military servicemen and healthcare professionals will monitor residents to enforce state of emergency regulations.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported that 12 checkpoints have been set up in Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia on major roads earlier today in order to control traffic in the region. Only local residents are allowed to enter the area, however they are not allowed to leave the area for two weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Additional police checkpoints will be set up in Georgia’s western Vani Municipality. Medics will thermoscreen all citizens at the checkpoints in order to prevent the spread on the new coronavirus. Government has made the decision since several new cases of the virus have been confirmed in Georgia earlier today out of which one is connected with Vani municipality.