Not that Georgia – Fox News mistakes protests in eastern Georgia for events in US state [VIDEO]
Marneuli was displayed next to the cities of Montpellier, VT, Richmond, VA, and Albany, NY, and was followed by state initials ‘GA.’ Screenshot from Fox News footage.
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Georgians woke up today to find that one of the country’s municipalities, Marneuli, had turned into a US town after Fox News mistook footage of protests in the town for events in the US state of Georgia.
Marneuli was displayed next to the cities of Montpellier, VT, Richmond, VA, and Albany, NY, and was followed by state initials ‘GA.’
Video from Eto Buziashvili/Facebook.
This video has become popular among the Georgian users of social media. One of the users of Twitter account Tamar Gzirishvili shared the news and wrote that Marneuli got some publicity too.
Once again #Georgia is featured on the news, and sadly, once again it's a mix-up w/GA, US. On a positive note, #Marneuli got some publicity too! pic.twitter.com/KodE97EwIs
— Tamar Gzirishvili (@TamarGzirishvi1) April 27, 2020
The footage was aired last evening on April 27 by Fox News during a reportage on protests in the United States demanding lockdowns be lifted and the economy in various US states reopened.
Medics in the Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities of eastern Georgia have checked 20,000 individuals for suspicious symptoms of the coronavirus, of which 25 have been found to have a fever.
Epidemiologists and doctors are monitoring the population of Marneuli municipality in eastern Georgia, which has been placed under lockdown after a local, 62-year-old woman tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia have been placed under lockdown after a local, 62-year-old woman tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday after coming into contact with more than 80 people and spending four days in a local hospital. The two municipalities have more than 158,000 people total.How the woman contracted the virus is as of yet unknown. Her health condition is critical.
Locals in Marneuli municipality, which has been put on lockdown for about a month due to the coronavirus, continued to rally in the village of Agmamedlo earlier today, demanding ‘active support’ from the government to sell their agricultural products.