Interior Minister: Georgia’s borders remain closed, individuals coming in from Russia have Georgian citizenship
Gomelauri also said that family members (spouse or children) of people who have double citizenship are allowed in the country despite the fact that they might have only Russian citizenship. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia’s borders in all directions, including with Russia, remain closed, and individuals that come into Georgia from Russia have Georgian citizenship in addition to Russian citizenship, Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri said earlier today.
His comment came in response to misinformation that Georgia’s borders have opened and rumours that Russian citizens are entering the country by car.
This misinformation, he noted, was related to the presence of Russian license plates in Georgia.
Gomelauri also said that family members (spouse or children) of people who have double citizenship are allowed in the country despite the fact that they might have only Russian citizenship. In addition, he also noted that there are many Russian citizens in Georgia who did not return back to Russia amid the coronavirus pandemic and said that they are in the country legally.
He said that only Georgian citizens can enter the country, and that they are obliged to enter quarantine for two weeks after their arrival.
All individuals who will enter Georgia will have to spend two weeks in quarantine.Georgia is maintaining the measure to contain the spread of the coronavirus, head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze stated earlier today.
Georgia has reported just two new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 928. 794 of the 928 patients have recovered, while 15 others have died. As of today 119 people remain infected with COVID-19. Georgia reported its first case of the coronavirus on February 26, 2020. Since then more than 101,000 people have been tested for the coronavirus.
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A total of 1,068 residents of the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi took part in a research conducted by Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital and 10 residents were found to have coronavirus antibodies, reports Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital.
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.