Georgia maintains a low infection rate, 119 remain infected with COVID-19
Georgia reported its first case of the coronavirus at the end of February 2020. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has reported four new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 822.
690 of the 822 patients have recovered, while 13 others have died.
As of today 119 people remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia.
Photo: coronavirus live update.
Two of the four new cases are imported, one is a medical personnel and the remaining one is connected with the Saburtalo cluster.
Photo: coronavirus live update.
Doctors say that the medical personnel who have contracted the virus over the past several days had contact with the COVID-19 patients who suffer from psychological problems.
Three individuals have tested positive for the new China-born coronavirus in Georgia, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 33. All of the three had contact with foreigners from the countries, which are currently the largest centres of the outbreak.
What support can business expect?
The government of Georgia has presented an anti-crisis plan for Georgian businesses in order to ease the burden caused by the coronavirus crisis. The government responded to the demand of the hotels, restaurants, tourist agencies and tour operators in Georgia and decided to postpone payment of property and income tax by four months.
The Council of Europe (CoE) has donated protective materials to Georgia and four member states — Armenia, Moldova, Montenegro and North Macedonia — in response to the emergency of the Covid-19 pandemic and to the need to provide urgent support to prisoners and prison staff.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has presented the anti-crisis budget for 2020 at the Inter-Agency Coordination Council today in response to the before sending it to the Parliament of Georgia later today. "The reason and purpose of our meeting today is the anti-crisis budget for 2020. We all understand very well that the epidemic has pushed the country back economically. Today the budget will be presented to parliament and you are all here to discuss it and change our opinions", Gakharia said.