Transparency International Georgia gifts special equipment to Abkhazia to fight coronavirus
The gift included 1,080 units of virus protection equipment including hand sanitisers, medical masks, gloves, coats, suits, remote thermometers. Photo: Transparency International Georgia.
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Transparency International Georgia has sent 1,080 units of virus protection equipment including hand sanitisers, medical masks, gloves, coats, suits, remote thermometers to several medical facilities in Gali in Georgia's Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia.
Transparency International Georgia shared this news via its official Twitter account:
We provided 1,080 units of virus protection equipment including hand sanitizers, medical masks, gloves, coats, and suits, as well as remote thermometers to several medical facilities in occupied Gali, #Abkhazia. #TogetherWeCan ✊#StopOccupation#COVID19 pic.twitter.com/FkCzxYKdSY
— Transparency Int'l GE (@Transparency_GE) April 21, 2020
We hope that the people of Georgia, including our citizens living in the occupied territories, will be able to successfully defeat the Coronavirus pandemic”, read the Facebook post of Transparency International – Georgia.
Meanwhile, the state of emergency that was to be in force until April 20 has been extended until May 1 in Abkhazia and the ban on the entry into Gagra and Gali districts has been lifted, but schools, kindergartens, higher education institutions and public catering facilities are still closed. No tourist facilities and hotels have been opened so far.
Entrance to Abkhazia, both from Russia and Georgia, will continue to be closed.
Lolua said the situation in the so-called “republic” is under control and no new cases of coronavirus have been reported.
Abkhazia has reported only three cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak.
A 50-year-old woman, who was transferred from the Russian-occupied Abkhazia region into Tbilisi-controlled territory late on March 29, has tested positive for COVID-19.
A new hospital has opened in the village of Rukhi located about a kilometre from Enguri Bridge, which connects Russia-occupied Abkhazia with the rest of Georgia. Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said the new hospital will offer qualitative care to people living on both sides of the occupation line.
A 15-year-old child has died in Russian-occupied Abkhazia after being admitted to the hospital on April 7 in critical condition. Abkhaz news agency Apsnypress reports that the child had been tested for coronavirus and medics are waiting for the test result.
Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region confirmed its first case of the coronavirus yesterday. The de facto authorities of the region say that the infected individual is a 57-year-old man from Gagra who travelled to Russia. A 50-year-old woman from the region, who also travelled to Russia, is undergoing treatment on Tbilisi-controlled territory, after testing positive for the virus on March 30.
The Deputy Head of the National Centre for the Disease Control (NCDC), Paata Imnadze says that it will take about a year to return to the normal way of life after the restrictions amid the pandemic are lifted in the country.
Lithuania will allocate €100,000 for acquiring medical supplies made by Lithuanian companies as humanitarian assistance for Georgia, Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine to help the countries better combat coronavirus pandemic.
Georgia has reported six new cases of the coronavirus today, bringing the total number of cases to 431.114 of the 431 people have recovered, while five others have died.As of today 310 individuals remain infected with COVID-19 inside the country.5,126 people are under quarantine and 578 others in hospitals. The village of Gvankiti in the Terjola municipality of western Georgia was put on lockdown yesterday.
Czechia has given thermal scanners to Georgia’s western Zugdidi Screening Centre, which will be used to identify individuals that may have COVID-19 symptoms in the region.