8,954 Georgian citizens returned home, 18,033 supported abroad amid coronavirus pandemic
Georgian citizens will be brought from Vienna, Austria today by special flight to Tbilisi. Photo: flickr.com.
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Georgian diplomatic representations have given assistance to a total of 18,033 Georgian citizens abroad, while 8,954 of them have been brought to Georgia amid the coronavirus pandemic as of May 1, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Georgian citizens will be brought from Vienna, Austria today by special flight to Tbilisi.
✈️8 ????????citizens will leave the Austrian???????? capital today (via Minsk????????) for Yerevan????????, where the rep.s of the @MFAgovge will organize their return to homeland.
— Embassy of Georgia to Hungary (@BudapestEmb) May 1, 2020
The Embassy of Georgia expresses its gratitude to all participants involved in the process!???? pic.twitter.com/oQDjriS5jo
Additional special flights will be carried out to evacuate Georgians from foreign countries according to the following schedule:
- May 2 – Prague - Batumi
- May 5 – Athens - Tbilisi
- May 7 – Amsterdam - Tbilisi
- May 9 – Berlin – Tbilisi
Besides recently carried out flights from Madrid, Copenhagen and Warsaw, Georgia has already carried out special flights to evacuate its citizens from other cities including Berlin, Vienna, London, Athens, Amsterdam, Larnaca, Beijing, Rome, Paris, Tel Aviv and Barcelona.
Out of the Georgian citizens who returned to the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, 5,026 were brought by special flights, 3,871 by land vehicles and 315 by ferry.
Georgian citizens who are abroad and want to return to the country have to fill a special electronic application, which is available on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and on the websites of the diplomatic missions of Georgia.
Citizens that will come back to Georgia will be placed in 14-day quarantine.
The flights will be carried out by the national flag carrier Georgian Airways, and ticket price will not exceed €199.