Restaurants, shopping malls, public transport reopening in Georgia
Starting June 1 all types of produce markets, stores, shopping malls, restaurants with outdoor seating areas will reopen. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Restaurants, shopping malls and public transport will soon resume work in Georgia, announces the Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia.
Starting May 29 all types of municipal transport will be restored, including the Tbilisi Metro and buses, which have been closed since March 31. Mini-buses will also resume operations.
Gakharia said that wearing face masks will be mandatory in public transport.
Although the virus has not yet been defeated and it remains with us today, we must adhere to basic safety standards, including wearing face masks, social distancing and basic hygiene rules. Taking the economic and social interests of our citizens into account, we have decided to make the imposed restrictions easier: from May 29, all types of municipal transport, including the metro, will be reopened and this will be done only in accordance with specific rules, it will be mandatory to wear face masks", Gakharia said.
Starting June 1 all types of produce markets, stores, shopping malls, restaurants with outdoor seating areas will reopen.
Starting June 8 restaurants and hotels that have passed the inspections of the Ministry of Health and have the appropriate permits will reopen.
Gakharia said that the spread of the coronavirus is under control in Georgia and now is the time to strengthen the economy.
According to the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, today we have three new cases of infection and all three are from the quarantine zones. In fact, the spread of the virus in the country is under control, and to prove this we can rely on several facts: new cases of infection mainly come from quarantine zones, which confirms that the quarantine measures were the right decision.
Second, we have new cases of infected people only from clusters already known to us, and third - the international cargo transportation is a risk group, on which the coordinating council is actively working and monitoring has been tightened. This means that the spread of infection and pandemic in the country is under control. A new task is emerging - this is the faster development of the economy", Gakharia said.
Georgia is set to resume domestic tourism starting June 15 and international tourism starting July 1.
Public transport may be restored in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi in June, announced Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze today.
Tourists entering Georgia may be obliged to show documents that they tested negative for Covid-19 with PCR tests in the last 72 hours before arriving in the country, said Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze.
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.
The Georgian government has presented a plan to gradually open the economy step-by-step over the next three months. Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said that restrictions on economic activity will begin being lifted starting April 27 and if the coronavirus situation does not worsen in the country in three months Georgian the economy will be fully reopened.
Georgia has reported three new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 738. 573 of the 738 patients have recovered, while 12 others have died. As of today, 153 people remain infected with COVID-19 in the country, with Georgia maintaining a low infection rate.
After reopening, restaurants must abide by the recommendations of the Health Ministry that tables not stand less than two meters apart in closed area restaurants. Moreover, there should not be more than six persons at a table with no less than one meter distance between them.
Once they reopen, shopping malls in Georgia will have to abide by recommendations of the Health Ministry in the use of heat screening thermometers to check the temperature of clients and personnel before they let them enter.
All kinds of shops, including shopping malls, open and closed produce markets and restaurants with outdoor seating areas have resumed work in Georgia today.