Deputy Head of NCDC: it will take about a year to return to normal way of life
A fifth person has died of COVID-19 in Georgia earlier today. Photo: Nino Aavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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.
Living with COVID-19 means that we will have to refuse gatherings with friends and family members if we don’t want the situation to escalate. We can not live in quarantine regime for a long time, the country will continue life slowly. Some restrictions will be lifted, though it will take us about a year to return to the normal way of life”, said Imnadze.
He also mentioned that an antiviral drug which acts directly against the virus may be accessible in the summer of 2020.
Coronavirus still has many unknown clinical features. The test results of one individual who has recovered is still positive for the coronavirus. There was a time when the virus disappeared and the patient was about to be discharged from the hospital. In this case, the health condition of the patient was not severe, though coronavirus tests results are still positive”, Imnadze told Rustavi 2.
A fifth person has died of COVID-19 in Georgia earlier today.
The 68-year-old man from Bolnisi municipality, with several underlying illnesses, was undergoing treatment in the First University Clinic of Tbilisi.
The man previously suffered a heart attack and lung-related issues, doctors said.
Georgia has reported three new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 411.
98 of the 411 people have recovered.
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Georgia has reported three new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 411. 98 of the 411 people have recovered, while four others have died. As of today 307 individuals inside the country remain infected with the coronavirus. 5,160 people are under quarantine and 579 others in hospitals.
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Georgia has reported four new cases of the coronavirus today, bringing the total number of cases to 420. 107 of the 420 people have recovered, while five others have died.As of today 306 individuals remain infected with COVID-19 inside the country. 5,223 people are under quarantine and 584 others in hospitals. The village of Gvankiti in Terjola municipality of western Georgia has been put in lockdown earlier today as 10 people have tested positive for the virus so far.
About 20 doctors and several employees of the Interior Ministry have tested positive for coronavirus, said Minister of Health Ekaterine Tikaradze earlier today. She said that soldiers have not tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Out of 500 COVID-19 infected individuals in Georgia, 83 displayed no symptoms at the time of PCR testing, reads the latest report of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).