Gov’t brings back 151 Georgians from Israel amid coronavirus pandemic

A total of 128,280,000 GEL (about $40.65m/€37.10m) has already been accumulated in the StopCov fund as of April 14. The funds raised in the StopCoV fund, that was created on March 23, will be used to meet 'identified needs'. In addition to the companies, private entities have donated as well, announces the press office of the foundation.

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. 

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.

A total of 79 Georgian school students have arrived home from the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic. The students were first brought from the US to Qatar and afterwards they were flown from Doha to Tbilisi. All of the students will spend a mandatory 14-day quarantine in hotels in Tbilisi and Kakheti.  

Giuli Urushadze, 80, is one of the 86 individuals who have recovered from coronavirus in Georgia. "I am 80 and I defeated coronavirus”, she wrote on Facebook yesterday. Urushadze said She had been on the hardest path “on the verge of life and death” for ten days and nights. 

Seven more individuals have recuperated from coronavirus in Georgia increasing the total number of recoveries to 93. Health officials again call on people to stay home and maintain social distancing. Otherwise, the collapse of the healthcare system will be inevitable in Georgia.

The number of coronavirus cases stands at 399 in Georgia as of April 20. 93 of the 399 individuals have recovered, while four other people have died. As of today 300 people remain infected with COVID-19 in the country.5,094 individuals inside the country are in quarantine, while 547 others are in hospitals.More than 2.4 million people have been infected with the virus worldwide as of April 19. 165,105 people have died of the virus, while close to 630,000 have recovered.

As of April 20 the Georgian government has brought back 6,747 citizens from different coronavirus-hit areas since the COVID-19 outbreak began worldwide. During the same period Georgian diplomatic missions helped 9,058 Georgian citizens abroad.

Georgian diplomatic representations have provided support for 12,636 Georgian citizens abroad, while 7,600 others have been brought home to Georgia amid the coronavirus pandemic as of April 23 via charter flights or other measures taken by the Georgian government.  

The Georgian government has brought back a total of 12,477 citizens from different coronavirus-hit areas in the world since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak. Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani announced yesterday that the prime minister’s interagency coordination council has spared no efforts to bring back all fellow citizens who wanted to return to Georgia.

Seventy-two per cent of COVID-19 patients have recovered in Georgia, with only 193 people remaining infected with the virus, Director of Tbilisi Hospital of Infections Diseases Marina Ezugbaia stated earlier today. Georgia has had 731 confirmed cases of the coronavirus since February 26, 2020. 526 of the patients have recovered, while 12 others have died.

Israel will cut Georgia from the ‘safe country’ list on July 30 following a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in the country.

Israeli tourists will be able to visit Georgia again starting September 1, but will be subjected to self-isolation or quarantine upon their return to their home country following the decision of the Israeli government to remove Georgia from the red list and place it on the orange country list.