What public services are available remotely amid the coronavirus outbreak?
Tsulukiani said that all public services will be renewed by the end of the week. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgian citizens can receive many public services remotely in order to prevent the further spread of the new coronavirus.
All the services of the National Bureau of Enforcement can be received remotely starting April 6, said Georgian Justice Minister Tea Tsulukiani earlier today.
The National Archives of Georgia added four more remote services to the existing eight, thus in fact its public services can be received fully remotely,” said Tsulukiani.
Three additional notary bureaus have started working in Rustavi, Gori and in Tbilisi on Tsereteli Avenue to decrease large crowds of people.
Tsulukiani noted that as soon as the Notary Chamber of Georgia buys additional heat screening thermometers the amount of the Notary Bureaus will increase.
Notary bureaus are obliged to use heat screening thermometers before they let people use their services.
Yesterday, the Department of Public Registry of the Public Service Development Agency started issuing IDs and biometric passports.
Apostille services, birth and death certificates have also been renewed today.
The National Agency of Public Registry has been working in an online regime since yesterday, however citizens will need to carry out the transfer of property rights in person.
Tsulukiani said that all public services will be renewed by the end of the week.
Fourteen individuals from Tbilisi and the Imereti, Samegrelo, Kvemo Kartli, Samtskhe-Javakheti and Adjara regions of Georgia have been placed under quarantine within the last 24 hours for violating self-isolation rules to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
Georgian Government has urged citizens to avoid visits at public service halls, territorial offices and notary bureaus except in cases of extreme necessity for the next two weeks after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of China-born Covid-19 virus a pandemic. The restriction may apply to gatherings of 100 people or more.
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.
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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.
With countrywide restrictions on private vehicle use imposed by the Georgian government on Friday to ramp up its efforts against the coronavirus outbreak, the capital city's streets were uncharacteristically quiet over the weekend, and citizens were out enjoying springtime.
Rural residents of Georgia will receive public services on the spot from minibuses, Minister of Justice Rati Bregadze announced today at the opening ceremony of a public service hall in Gardabani municipality in Georgia’s Kvemo Kartli region.