Georgia reports 3 new cases of coronavirus, 4 recoveries
Georgian health officials say that most of the new cases reported over the past several weeks were imported. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia reports three new cases of the coronavirus increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 946.
This total number includes 825 recoveries and 15 deaths since the country confirmed its first COVID-19 case in late-February; 106 people remain infected.
Georgian health officials say that most of the new cases reported over the past several weeks were imported.
From left to right: Head and Deputy Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze and Paata Imnadze, Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze and Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia. Photo: NCDC Georgia/Twitter
As the European Union has included Georgia in the list of the countries to which is has reopened its borders starting July 1, the Georgian officials are now having consultations with each EU-member state to ensure safety of flights for Georgian citizens.
Georgia recently decided to postpone opening its skies to international flights until August 1, promising to resume regular air traffic based on the epidemiological situation.
Meanwhile, several airlines will be carrying out charter flights to bring home Georgian citizens who are abroad and cannot return home due to travel bans.
Georgian citizens traveling to Latvia will not have to be placed under mandatory quarantine on arrival. They also do not need to be tested for the coronavirus. However, this will not apply to Georgian citizens traveling to Latvia from so-called ‘red countries’ where the pandemic is still raging.
Activity at Georgia’s land borders is being effectively monitored, Georgian PM Giorgi Gakharia stated earlier today, but noted the government does not plan to ‘take any fast steps’, and so land borders will not be opening yet.
The UNDP is joining hands with the government of Sweden to support the National Center for Disease Control of Georgia train 4,000 health workers across the country in enhanced infection prevention and control.
Five more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Georgia, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 951 during the past 24 hours. Head and Deputy Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said the three new cases are ‘imported’ as two of the infected individuals are truck drivers.
Germany is lifting entry restrictions for citizens of 11 non-EU countries including Georgia from today.
Georgia has reported five new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 968. 844 of the 968 patients have recovered, while 15 others have died. As of today 109 people remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia.Georgia has decided to open borders unconditionally for Germany, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia starting August.
Georgia has reported five new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 973. 846 of the 973 patients have recovered, while 15 others have died. As of today 112 people remain infected with the coronavirus in Georgia. 28 Georgian soldiers have been transported from Afghanistan earlier today as they tested positive for the coronavirus.