Georgian PM: Citizens’ responsibility, swift gov’t action, int'l support invaluable in fight against COVID-19
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’. Photo: Government press office
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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.
High sense of responsibility from our citizens, swift government action & int'l support from our partners have been invaluable in the fight against #COVID19 pandemic. Read full article below: https://t.co/OqQzQh7OMO
— Giorgi Gakharia (@GakhariaGiorgi) May 17, 2020
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’.
In their article Adam Taylor and Miriam Berger noted that ‘as the coronavirus rages in neighbouring Russia, Georgia has emerged as an island of calm’.
Prompt government action, such as required temperature screenings at airports in late January and early restrictions on international travel, appear to have helped beat back the outbreak”, the authors wrote.
The authors also said that the country of some 3.75 million people ‘has kept confirmed cases below 700, with 12 deaths, earning the World Health Organization’s praise’.
As of now, Georgia has confirmed a total of 695 cases of COVID-19, including 425 recoveries and twelve deaths.
Georgia has 18 new cases of COVID-19 since yesterday, increasing the total number of cases to 695. Eight out of the infected individuals are from the quarantined Bolnisi municipality in eastern Georgia, Medical Director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia told journalists today.
Georgian frontline health workers have received 7,500 protective face shields produced by Georgian company CaucasPack from the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme. 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’.
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.
Georgia has reported six new cases of coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 701. 432 of the 701 patients have recovered, while 12 others have died.As of May 18, 257 people remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia. Today, the municipality of Marneuli in eastern Georgia, which has been under lockdown for 56 days, has opened.
Georgia has reported just one new case of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 702.465 of the 702 patients have recovered, while 12 others have died since the outbreak of the infection. As of today, 234 people remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia. Several villages in the Bolnisi municipality of eastern Georgia, which have been under strict lockdown for two months, opened earlier today.
Georgia has reported six new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 713. Four of the six new cases are from the Mushevani village of Bolnisi municipality which is under strict lockdown.475 of the 713 patients have recovered, while 12 others have died. As of May 20, 226 people remain infected with COVID-19, while the number stood at 239 yesterday.
Georgia has reported eight new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 721. 485 of the 721 patients have recovered, while 12 others have died. As of May 21, 224 people remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia. Georgia has maintained a low infection rate over the past several days. The country is scheduled to end the state of emergency and curfew tomorrow.
The two-month state of emergency as well as curfew will end in Georgia at 00:00 on May 23, lifting movement and other, coronavirus-related restrictions in Georgia. "The restriction which banned more than three people in a car will only be maintained for taxis. Restrictions for public and municipal transport, at the border and for certain economic activities, will remain in force,” Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia says.