Georgia continues to bring back fellow citizens from coronavirus-hit countries
A Tbilisi-Madrid-Tbilisi flight will be carried out on April 30, while a Tbilisi-Prague-Tbilisi flight will deliver Georgians home out on May 2. Photo: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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The Georgian government continues to bring back citizens from coronavirus-hit countries.
As of now, 5,540 Georgian citizens have been brought home, while Georgian embassies and consulates have provided assistance to 4,051 Georgian citizens abroad.
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Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said that first of all, preference will be given to citizens who had tickets and were not able to return to their homeland due to the imposed restrictions.
Preference will also be given to persons with severe health conditions, pregnant women, the elderly, families with minor children, students who have been denied scholarships and funding, persons who have been left homeless in the host countries due to the spread of coronavirus. Besides, those individuals who were travelling by private cars or by vehicles brought abroad and could not return back due to the closure of land borders”, said Zalkaliani earlier today.
Zalkaliani noted that during each scheduled flight, people with special needs are able to enjoy the flights.
A Georgian citizen in critical condition was taken on a flight yesterday. He was taken from Hamburg to Berlin by a specially hired ambulance vehicle.
Organized by Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the plane was flown from Tbilisi with a group of doctors to provide medical service to the patient on board. I would like to express my special gratitude to the doctors. The plane was flown from Tbilisi by a group of doctors to provide patient services directly on board the ship. I would like to express my special gratitude to the doctors who accompanied me on this flight”, said Davit Zalkaliani.
Zalkaliani also said that two additional flights will be launched in order to return fellow citizens to Georgia.
A Tbilisi-Madrid-Tbilisi flight will be carried out on April 30, while a Tbilisi-Prague-Tbilisi flight will deliver Georgians home out on May 2.
Georgia is completely shutting down air traffic in the country starting tomorrow in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, announced the PM's Advisor for Foreign Affairs Irakli Chikovani today.Chikovani added that only "government-coordinated flights" carried out by the national flag carrier Georgian Airlines will be operated. He also said that every citizen who enters Georgia will be quarantined.
In order to help Georgian citizens who are currently abroad and cannot return to their home country due to suspended or cancelled flights, the government of Georgia is offering to co-finance flights that will be carried out by the national flag carrier Georgian Airways.
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.
A total of 92 Georgian citizens have been infected with coronavirus abroad and nine have died, Deputy Georgian Foreign Ministry Mikheil Ninua reported earlier today. He said, the majority of infected individuals have mild or less severe forms of the virus.
Georgia is extending the shutdown on regular air traffic until May 10 following the extension of the state of emergency, announces the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency.
The Georgian government brought back 151 citizens from Tel Aviv, Israel last night, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, foreigners who were unable to leave Georgia due to restrictions following the coronavirus outbreak, will not face penalties for overstaying visas up until June 30.
Several airlines will carry out charter flights to bring home Georgian citizens who are abroad and cannot return home due to travel bans, announces Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia.
Georgia continues to repatriate fellow citizens from abroad amid the suspension of international air traffic due to the coronavirus pandemic.