Georgia reports four new cases of coronavirus, total number of confirmed cases at 130, no deaths
As of today Georgia has 102 active cases of the coronavirus. Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
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Georgia has reported four new cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 130.
One of the four new cases reported today is connected with Armenia, two cases with France and the source of the remaining one is being identified, Director of Tbilisi Hospital of Infections Diseases Marina Ezugbaia said earlier today.
26 of the 130 patients have recovered, while two were foreign citizens who are no longer in the country.
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— NCDCGeorgia (@NCDCGeorgia) April 1, 2020
There are 102 patients in total in the country who are infected with the virus as of today.
The health condition of five of the 102 is critical.
Seven of the 102 patient are the employees of the National Bank of Georgia, who were in isolation after one of the seven tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this week.
The bank says that the seven had no contact with other employees of the bank as they worked in one structural division.
5,550 are under quarantine and 281 others in hospitals in the country.
There are about forty fever clinics throughout the country which are ready to treat patients, said Deputy Minister of Health Tamar Gabunia earlier today. Gabunia noted that many hospitals in the regions had refused to accept patients with fever. She added that the hospitals which can take in patients with fever have already been identified in the regions.
Specialists from foreign states are consulting Georgian epidemiologists on their success in containing the coronavirus, announced the head of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Tengiz Tsertsvadze on Imedi TV’s 'Imedis Kvira'.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has announced a nationwide curfew starting tomorrow at 8 a.m, ‘to effectively contain the spread of coronavirus in Georgia’. Speaking at a special briefing earlier today, Gakharia said that the government has made ‘fast, brave and effective’ decisions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, that is why the country has only had 100 confirmed cases of the virus since February 2020, including 18 recovered.
A second Georgian cleric has tested positive for COVID-19 in the United States, bishop of the eparchy of the Northern America Saba Intskirveli has confirmed via social media.
A patient who was in critical condition with underlying chronic diseases has recovered from a brush with COVID-19 and will be discharged from the First University Clinic today, said Levan Ratiani, the director of the clinic.
Thirty-seven people have been transferred from Russian-occupied territories onto Tbilisi-controlled territory due to the coronavirus.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has thanked EU Ambassador Carl Hartzell and US Ambassador Kelly Degnan for their efforts to provide rapid support for Georgia in the fight against the coronavirus. Gakharia said that the support of the country’s partners will be particularly essential in the post-crisis period to help the economy.