Georgia reports 15 new coronavirus cases in quarantined Bolnisi municipality
As of now, the country has a total of 667 coronavirus cases, including 383 recoveries and twelve deaths. Photo: Defence Ministry press office
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Georgia has 15 new cases of COVID-19 in the eastern Georgian municipality of Bolnisi, which has been under quarantine since March 22.
As of now, the country has a total of 667 coronavirus cases, including 383 recoveries and twelve deaths.
Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia have been placed under lockdown in late March. Photo: Georgian President's press office
Mayor of Bolnisi municipality, Davit Sherazadishvili, said both the source of the infection and the contacts of the infected individuals have been identified.
Sherazadishvili said eight infected individuals are from the village of Geta and seven infected individuals are from the village of Mushevani.
Another quarantined municipality of Marneuli is scheduled to reopen on May 18. Photo: Defence Ministry press office
Although Georgia will lift restrictions limiting the size of group gatherings to three on May 18, gatherings of no more than ten individuals will be allowed.
Moreover, restrictions still apply to driving a vehicle. No more than three people (including the driver) can be in one vehicle at a given time.
Pope Francis spoke with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili by phone and said he will pray for Georgia on May 14 in his prayer to save the word from the pandemic and named Georgia as a country with ‘great spirituality’ adding that the Georgian nation is ‘precious’ to him.
The de-facto government of the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region has confirmed five new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 30 in the region.
The de-facto government of the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region of Georgia has confirmed two new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 25 in the region.
Georgia reported four new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 671. 393 of the 671 individuals have recovered, while 12 others have died. As of May 15, 266 remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia. The village of Geta in Bolnisi municipality of eastern Georgia has been put on strict lockdown earlier today after reporting 15 new cases of coronavirus late yesterday.
Georgian will lift restrictions limiting the size of group gatherings to three on May 18, said Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia at a government meeting earlier today.