Additional police checkpoints to be set up in Georgia’s western Vani Municipality
Police checkpoints were also set up in Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Rustavi, Marneuli, Zugdidi, Poti, Gori, Telavi and Akhaltsikhe municipalities. Photo: IPN.
Tweet 
Share
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.
Medics will check citizens throughout the municipality. We have already found several individuals who were in direct contact with the infected patients”, said Prime Minister’s spokesperson Irakli Chikovani earlier today.
Police checkpoints were also set up in Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Rustavi, Marneuli, Zugdidi, Poti, Gori, Telavi and Akhaltsikhe municipalities.
Georgia has reported 13 new cases of the coronavirus today, bringing the total number of cases to 208.
Of the 208 individuals, 46 have recovered, while three others have died.
Head of the National Disease Control Centre Amiran Gamkrelidze said that April and the first two weeks of May will be “particularly complicated” for Georgia.
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.
Georgia has reported 13 new cases of the coronavirus today, bringing the total number of cases to 208. Of the 208 individuals, 46 have recovered, while three others have died. As of now 157 individuals remain infected with the virus in the country. 4,674 people are under quarantine in Georgia, while 362 others are in hospitals.
Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze has again called on the citizens to stay home, avoid public gatherings and maintain social distancing to avoid the further spread of the virus amid the upcoming religious celebrations.
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.
3,271 individuals have been tested for COVID-19 in Georgia (as of April 7) since January 2020, while the country has had 208 cases so far. A handful of individuals have been tested several times and 3,457 tests have been used in total. In all the cases, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method, a gold-standard in epidemiology for detecting viral matter in blood samples, was used. The method takes just several hours to give results, but is highly accurate.
Georgia has confirmed six new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 214. In most of the new cases the source of the infection has been identified and they are connected with foreign states.Of the 214, 50 have recovered, three have died, while two others were foreign citizens who left the country last month. As of today Georgia has 159 active cases of the virus.
Georgia has confirmed six new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 214. In most of the new cases the source of the infection has been identified and they are connected with foreign states.Of the 214, 50 have recovered, three have died, while two others were foreign citizens who left the country last month. As of today Georgia has 159 active cases of the virus.
The village of Khidiskuri in Khashuri municipality has been placed under lockdown to prevent the further spread of the new coronavirus. Residents of the village will be allowed to leave their homes only in case they need to buy food, medicines or they are going to receive medical service. However, no one will be allowed to enter or leave the village.