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Swimming pools, gyms to open in Georgia

The Department of Labor inspection will publish regulations for pools and gyms today and will start inspecting them tomorrow. Photo: Olympic Swimming Complex.

Agenda.ge, 06 Jul 2020 - 15:41, Tbilisi,Georgia

Swimming pools and gyms will open in Georgia after inspections by the Labour Conditions Inspection Department.

The decision was made today at the meeting of the Intergovernmental Coordination Council.

The Department of Labor inspection will publish regulations for pools and gyms today and will start inspecting them tomorrow.

Swimming pools and gyms that are successfully inspected will immediately be able to begin functioning again,” the Georgian government says.

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Also, vocational education institutions which fulfill the recommendations of the Health Ministry have opened.

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