Georgian frontline health workers receive 7,500 protective face shields from EU, UNDP
UNDP, with assistance from the EU and the US, is also ensuring that protective equipment and other medical supplies are provided to Georgia’s Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia ‘to mitigate COVID-19 risks’. Photo: Delegation of the European Union to Georgia
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Georgian frontline health workers have received 7,500 protective face shields produced by Georgian company CaucasPack from the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The EU and the UNDP handed over the face shields to ambulance and emergency crews of the Emergency Situations Coordination and Urgent Assistance Center yesterday.
Frontline medical workers in Georgia get over 7,500 locally produced reusable faceshields through EU & @UNDPGeorgia
— Carl Hartzell (@CarlHartzellEU) May 15, 2020
➡️https://t.co/uw161bRw19#EU4Georgia #TeamEurope #StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/LjzcYmD4hJ
This assistance is part of a larger programme of support to health workers, local civil servants and other risk groups in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi and the regions, providing people with essential healthcare and other services.
CaucasPack produces face shields from recycled plastic bottles, which are adjustable and reusable to help ensure that emergency crews throughout the country ‘are able to do their jobs safely’ amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Emergency crews all over #Georgia will be better protected from #COVID19. We are supplying front-line medical staff with reusable face shields that are manufactured from recycled plastic bottles with @EUinGeorgia & @UNDPGeorgia support.#StrongerTogether https://t.co/M4YkMMn9C1
— UNDP in Georgia (@UNDPGeorgia) May 14, 2020
More than 40,000 face shields were produced in April and May with assistance from the EU, UNDP and the governments of Switzerland, Austria and the United States.
UNDP, with assistance from the EU and the US, is also ensuring that protective equipment and other medical supplies are provided to Georgia’s Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia ‘to mitigate COVID-19 risks’.
Farmers in 22 municipalities of Georgia will have the opportunity to obtain co-financing under a 3.2 million GEL (about $1m/€0.92m) grant programme offered by the European Union (EU), the Agriculture Ministry of Georgia and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for the purchase and installation of modern drip irrigation systems.
The Lithuanian government has sent essential medical supplies to combat the coronavirus to Georgia, Armenia and Moldova.
Georgia has started producing disinfectant in response to the increased demand for hygienic products amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Frontline health workers, local civil servants and other risk groups in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi and the regions will receive a total of 40,000 protective face shields produced by Georgian company CaucasPack.
Georgia has reported 26 more recoveries from the coronavirus this morning increasing the total number of recovered patients to 419. Meanwhile, with six new cases of COVID-19 confirmed, the total number of the cases increased to 677.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said the ‘high sense of responsibility’ of Georgian citizens, ‘swift government action’ and international support from its partners ‘have been invaluable’ in the fight against the coronavirus. PM Gakharia also referred to the recent article of the Washington Post which named Georgia among countries, which have ‘gained newfound recognition as the world takes note of their early, and still tentative, successes’.