Hospitals to resume planned surgeries in Georgia
Deputy Head Minister Tamar Ganunia said hospitals are ready to prevent the spread of the infection. Photo: IPN.
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Hospitals will soon resume planned surgeries, as the risk of the coronavirus spreading has been reduced in Georgia Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia stated earlier today.
Gabunia said that hospitals are ready to prevent the spread of the infection.
In the last two-three months, admissions to hospitals have been reduced throughout Georgia, as we were at a high risk of spreading the virus. Now that the risk has been reduced, clinics are ready to prevent the spread of the infection”, said Gabunia.
Head of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Tengiz Tsertsvadze said yesterday that there are almost no new cases of community transmission of COVID-19 in Georgia.
Since May 11, several coronavirus-related restrictions were resumed in Georgia
All kinds of manufacturing operations have resumed throughout the country. Retail and wholesale stores with their own shop entrances, excluding shopping malls, clothing and footwear stores, have opened.
Tbilisi, which had been on coronavirus lockdown since April 15, reopened on Monday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) sees many positive signs from different countries in the fight against the new coronavirus outbreak including Georgia, noted Catherine Smallwood, WHO's senior health emergency officer for Europe.
Public service halls and community centres will resume work starting tomorrow throughout Georgia. Individuals who want to receive service, should book a visit time on the website www.mygov.ge. Georgian Justice Minister said that underage individuals will not be allowed to enter community centres and public service halls throughout the country.
Georgia continues to lift coronavirus-related restrictions. Starting tomorrow construction and auto repair businesses will be able to resume operations, announced Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia today.
Georgia has begun the first stage of a plan to gradually lift coronavirus-related restrictions today, allowing private vehicles and taxis back out onto the roads, and allowing e-commerce (wholesale and retail), delivery services and open air markets to resume operations.
The government of Georgia will allocate about 40 million GEL for Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital, announces Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia.
A total of 265 hospitals with 17,500 beds were in operation in Georgia in 2019, while the number of beds reached 16,000 in 2018, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).