Georgia to receive 40,000 PCR tests from China tomorrow
Georgia has confirmed 511 coronavirus cases since February 26, including 168 recoveries and six deaths. Photo: Defence Ministry press office
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Georgia will receive an additional 40,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests from China tomorrow, Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze has announced.
Gamkrelidze said on TV Pirveli today that the country currently has a total of 21,000 PCR tests in stock.
He said that as of now, Georgia has received PCR tests from Germany, the United Kingdom, South Korean and China. By the end of the next week, some more 20,000 PCR tests will arrive from Germany as well.
Later in May, 50,000 PCR tests will also be delivered from South Korea to fill up stocks. Georgia received 200,000 PCR tests from South Korea earlier on April 18.
PCR testing is one of the main ways that global healthcare systems use to diagnose COVID-19, including in Georgia. It is a gold-standard in epidemiology for detecting viral matter in blood samples.
Georgia has confirmed 511 coronavirus cases since February 26, including 168 recoveries and six deaths.
Twelve more individuals have recovered from COVID-19 in Georgia increasing the total number of recoveries to 168. Georgia has confirmed 511 coronavirus cases since February 26, including six deaths.
Georgian health officials say that Georgia’s statistics pertaining to the coronavirus are reliable, dismissing reports of several media outlets that the country is hiding its real figures.
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.
3,271 individuals have been tested for COVID-19 in Georgia (as of April 7) since January 2020, while the country has had 208 cases so far. A handful of individuals have been tested several times and 3,457 tests have been used in total. In all the cases, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method, a gold-standard in epidemiology for detecting viral matter in blood samples, was used. The method takes just several hours to give results, but is highly accurate.
Georgia received 40,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests from China earlier today, which the country had bought and an additional 20,000 rapid antibody tests as a gift from the Chinese government.