79 Georgian school students to be returned to Georgia from US amid coronavirus outbreak
The Georgian government has already brought back over 4,500 Georgian citizens from different coronavirus-hit areas since the virus outbreak began worldwide. Photo: Nino Alavidze: Agenda.ge.
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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.
Gakharia said that the flight from the United States to Doha will be operated by the American side, while the transportation of the 79 children from Doha to Georgia will be ensured by the Georgian government.
I would like to thank our strategic partner, the US and of course the Embassy of the United States in Georgia, its entire staff and the Ambassador Kelly Degnan”, said Gakharia.
35 school students who are Armenian citizens will also arrive on the flight tomorrow.
The Georgian government has already brought back 5,000 Georgian citizens from different coronavirus-hit areas since the virus outbreak began worldwide.
Georgian citizens living abroad will be able to consult Georgian specialists about the new coronavirus COVID-19 online starting March 20, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia reported earlier today.
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’s National Tourism Administration (GNTA) will create quarantine zones for Georgian citizens returning to the country from abroad amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus – COVID-19, said GNTA head Mariam Kvrivishvili today.
The Georgian government has brought back 4,500 Georgian citizens from different coronavirus-hit areas since the COVID-19 outbreak began worldwide.
Yet another individual has recovered from the coronavirus in Georgia increasing the total number of recoveries to 51. As of now, the country has confirmed a total of 218 cases since February 26, including 162 infected individuals and three deaths.
One Georgian citizen has died in France after being infected with coronavirus, the deputy head of the National Disease Control Centre Paata Imnadze said earlier today.
Students who study in European countries and are currently in Georgia will be able to depart to Budapest by special charter flight on September 8.