4,500 Georgian citizens have been brought home since global coronavirus outbreak
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus have reached 148 in Georgia, including the 27 patients who have recovered. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Georgian government has brought back 4,500 Georgian citizens from different coronavirus-hit areas since the COVID-19 outbreak began worldwide.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said that tomorrow, charter flights from Berlin, Warsaw, Athens and Larnaca will bring Georgian citizens back home. Additional flights will be carried out from Berlin on April 12 and from Amsterdam on April 14.
Zalkaliani also said that additional flights will likely be carried out from London on April 4.
This process, organized in full compliance with the requirements of the World Health Organization protocol, will continue step by step. Georgian citizens have already returned from Berlin, Vienna and Amsterdam. 92 people arrived in Georgia by additional flights from Bulgaria yesterday, and today our citizens will return from Ukraine by ferry”, said Zalkaliani.
Zalkaliani mentioned that Georgia is one of the first countries to start returning its citizens from abroad in the very first days of the coronavirus outbreak, and will continue to do so in the future.
The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus have reached 148 in Georgia, including the 27 patients who have recovered.
5,392 are under quarantine and 319 others in hospitals in the country.
More than one million people have been infected with COVID-19 worldwide.
Georgia is completely shutting down air traffic in the country starting tomorrow in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, announced the PM's Advisor for Foreign Affairs Irakli Chikovani today.Chikovani added that only "government-coordinated flights" carried out by the national flag carrier Georgian Airlines will be operated. He also said that every citizen who enters Georgia will be quarantined.
Georgian citizens who are now in the EU Schengen Zone and will have to violate the legal, 90-day-term of stay due to restrictions imposed because of the COVID-19 virus, will receive ‘personal support’ from the Georgian government.Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani says that his body is in active communication with the European Commission and the EU member states to support Georgian citizens who are unable to leave the Schengen Zone.
Georgia has plans to evacuate at least five of its citizens from Wuhan, Hubei province of China - the epicenter of the outbreak of the new coronavirus, and ‘temporary suspend’ direct flights from the country as the death toll in China already stands at 106. Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze says that a special meeting will take place later today to decide how to evacuate the Georgian citizens from Wuhan, a city of 11 million people, which is now in a lockdown with strict transport restrictions in and out of the area.
In order to help Georgian citizens who are currently abroad and cannot return to their home country due to suspended or cancelled flights, the government of Georgia is offering to co-finance flights that will be carried out by the national flag carrier Georgian Airways.
Georgia has confirmed eight new cases of coronavirus increasing the total number to 156, including 28 recoveries. As of now there are 126 individuals inside the country who are infected with the virus
Georgia has confirmed the first case of mortality from COVID-19 this morning out of the total 156 confirmed cases in the country since February 26. Director of the First University Clinic Levan Ratiani stated that the woman, 79, was from the eastern Georgian region of Marneuli.
Georgia has reported a second coronavirus-related death. Director of the First University Clinic Levan Ratiani stated today that a woman, 81, suffered from pneumonia, critical respiratory distress, sepsis, atrial fibrillation, as well as chronic heart failure.
Georgia continues to evacuate its citizens from WHO-recognised high risk countries. Earlier today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia presented a flight schedule for the next two weeks according to which Georgian citizens from various European cities will be able to return home.
Georgia has helped 2,425 of its citizens in more than 40 foreign countries amid the coronavirus outbreak, said Minister of Foreign Affairs David Zalkaliani earlier today. The aid included accommodation, food, transport, medicines and online medical consultations and emergency service.
Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has announced earlier today that the governments of Georgia and the United States have made a joint decision to return 79 Georgian school students who are currently in the US to Georgia tomorrow amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Georgia continues to evacuate its citizens from WHO-recognised high risk countries. As of April 17 Georgian diplomatic missions and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have helped 7,353 Georgian citizens abroad and brought back 6,435 citizens to their home country from different coronavirus-hit areas since the COVID-19 outbreak began worldwide.
As of April 20 the Georgian government has brought back 6,747 citizens from different coronavirus-hit areas since the COVID-19 outbreak began worldwide. During the same period Georgian diplomatic missions helped 9,058 Georgian citizens abroad.