Gov’t thanks int’l financial institutions, diplomats for praising Georgia’s resilience amid coronavirus pandemic
Representatives of international financial organisations and diplomatic corps have published an open letter praising the Georgian government and Georgian people earlier today. Photo: Nino Alavifdze/Agenda.ge
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Georgian officials have thanked representatives of international financial organisations and diplomatic corps for their recent open letter to the Georgian government and Georgian people, praising the country's resilience amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia thanked international partners on Twitter:
Grateful to our international partners for standing with Georgia during this challenging time. We thank you for your support & share your belief that the current crisis can only be overcome with unity. https://t.co/oEADmBN7Sq #StopCoV
— Giorgi Gakharia (@GakhariaGiorgi) April 9, 2020
Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani also expressed his gratitude:
Grateful 2our dvlpmn. partners 4 releasing open letter 2 @GovernmentGeo &people of ???????? positively assessing #Geo response against #COVID19 & expressing solidarity&readiness 4 mobilizing financial support package 2 help tackle this crisis @CarlHartzellEU @ColasDiego Hubert Knirsch
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) April 9, 2020
As of now, Georgia has confirmed 218 cases of COVID-19, including 51 recoveries and three deaths.
EU Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell says that when the coronavirus is ‘turning the world upside down’ he ‘cannot think of a better place to be right now than here in Georgia.’Hartzell states that there are no easy answers regarding COVID-19 and that the EU is suffering much from the virus.“Just look at the pictures coming out of Spain and Italy these days. In this context I would like to congratulate the Georgian government and the Georgian politicians for doing what all evidence suggest is the right approach – to act early and to act robustly,” Hartzell said.
The World Bank projects Georgian economic growth to slow sharply this year, coming close to zero percent in 2020 due to the challenging external environment and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also forecasts Georgian fiscal deficit (a shortfall in a government's income compared with its spending) to be around 5.2 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020.
The representatives of international financial organisations operating in Georgia and representatives of the diplomatic corps have sent a joint open letter to the Georgian government and Georgian people, praising the country's resilient response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The presidents of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have promised to help the Georgian economy recover in a video conference with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia earlier today.
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.
Georgia has reported 12 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 230. Of the 230, 54 individuals have recovered, three people have died and two others were foreign citizens who left the country last month. As of today Georgia has 171 active cases of the virus. Two of the 16 new patients are Georgian truck drivers who tested positive for the virus in Armenia.
The government of Poland has gifted over 500 liters of disinfectant, 22 units of spraying equipment and three heating devices for field tents to the Emergency Management Service of Georgia to help the country fight against the spread of coronavirus.
Lentekhi municipality in the western Georgian region of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti has been placed under “strict quarantine” after four locals tested positive for the coronavirus. Given the full quarantine, local residents will be able to go out only to buy food or medicines, or receive medical care.