Georgia reports six new cases of coronavirus, total number of cases stands at 214, 50 recovered
As of today Georgia has 159 active cases of the coronavirus. Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
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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.
About 6,000 people have been screened in Vani municipality so far. Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
About 6,000 individuals have been thermoscreened in Vani municipality of Western Georgia, where a 75-old woman and her husband tested positive for the coronavirus.
It has not been identified so far how the woman contracted the virus.
A checkpoint has been set up in the municipality and 25 per cent of the Vani population has already been screened, Imereti region governor Zviad Shalamberidze said earlier today.
He stated that no one has shown the symptoms of the virus so far among the 6,000.
Marneluli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia remain in lockdown.
As of today 4,722 individuals are under quarantine and 408 others in hospitals.
Georgia confirmed its first case of the coronavirus on February 26, 2020.
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.
Two minor patients have recovered from COVID-19 in Georgia increasing the total number of recovered individuals in the country to 18. 70 infected individuals out of the total 90 remain at various hospitals throughout the country.
Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said today that two sources of COVID-19 transmission out of the 85 confirmed cases could not be identified. Calling on everyone to stay home, he said “social distancing is the most powerful weapon" against 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.
The EU will allocate 183 million euros for Georgia in the fight against the coronavirus, Director for the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood Lawrence Meredith has tweeted.