Lithuania assists Georgia in fight against coronavirus
Lithuania will allocate €100,000 for acquiring medical supplies made by Lithuanian companies as humanitarian assistance for Georgia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius shared this news via his official Twitter account:
#Lithuania???????? continues standing by its Eastern Partners: Lithuanian Government decided to allocate 100K euros for acquiring medical supplies, made by Lithuanian companies, as a humanitarian assistance for Armenia????????, Georgia????????, Moldova???????? and Ukraine???????? aimed at combating #COVID19. pic.twitter.com/z4nl4CnSfh
— Linas Linkevicius (@LinkeviciusL) April 22, 2020
Georgian Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani thanked ‘Lithuanian friends’ also through his Twitter channel:
Grateful for our Lithuanian Friends for continuous solidarity that has been demonstrated numerous times. Deeply appreciate the solid help provided for fighting against common threat #Covid19. Strenght is in unity and together we will succeed @LinkeviciusL https://t.co/ibfPOxa3KA
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) April 22, 2020
Several days ago Germany and Poland also announced they would provide Georgia with special equipment to help the country fight against the spread of coronavirus.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is offering about $6.5 billion to address the immediate needs of developing states, including Georgia, as they respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
The German development agency GIZ has provided 100,000 face masks and 2,000 litres of hand sanitising liquid to the Georgian Ministry of Health to help handle the coronavirus pandemic.
The government of Poland has gifted over 500 liters of disinfectant, 22 units of spraying equipment and three heating devices for field tents to the Emergency Management Service of Georgia to help the country fight against the spread of coronavirus.
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.
Four infected individuals have recuperated from the coronavirus in Georgia increasing the total number of recoveries to 111. As of now, there are a total of 420 confirmed cases in the country, including five deaths. 302 individuals remain infected with COVID-19.
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.
Slovakia has allocated €44,198.05 for five projects for Georgia aimed at combating the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, announces the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Georgia.
Georgian citizens and residents of the country will no longer be asked to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine on arrival in Lithuania.
German Ambassador to Georgia Hubert Knirsch has handed over five ventilators to deputy Minister of Georgia Tamar Gabunia to help the country treat Covid-19 patients, announces the Embassy of Germany to Georgia.