Health condition of 28 Georgian soldiers infected with coronavirus satisfactory
The Georgian Defense Ministry said on June 10 that an Afghan serviceman was the source of the infection. Photo: Military Hospital.
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The health condition of 28 Georgian soldiers who have tested positive for the coronavirus in Afghanistan is satisfactory, says the press office of the Gori military hospital.
The soldiers who have returned from NATO’s Resolute Support mission on June 10 are undergoing treatment in Gori military hospital of central Georgia with a mild form of the virus. Doctors say that none of them have a severe case of the illness.
They are still in semi-isolated wards under the observation of doctors. Their health condition is satisfactory”, the press office of the hospital told the media earlier today.
The Georgian Defense Ministry said on June 10 that an Afghan serviceman was the source of the infection.
The soldiers were transported to Georgia by charter flight several weeks before the completion of their mission.
Other Georgian soldiers who will return to the country after the completion of NATO’s Resolute Support Mission will have to spend two weeks in quarantine.
Georgia is the largest non-NATO contributor to the Resolute Support mission with 871 soldiers.
The Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan was launched in 2015 and involves more than 16,000 personnel from nearly 40 NATO member and partner countries.
Georgia has reported nine new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 995. 857 of the 995 patients have recovered, while 15 others have died. As of today 123 people remain infected with COVID-19 in the country. All of the nine new cases are imported-five of the nine new patients are truck drivers. 28 Georgian soldiers tested positive for the coronavirus in Afghanistan last week and they are now undergoing treatment in Gori hospital of central Georgia.
Five new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed by the Georgian government on Sunday, with the total active cases standing at 114.
Twenty-eight Georgian soldiers from NATO’s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan have tested positive for the coronavirus and have been brought home with the help of the German Air Force earlier today, the Georgian Defence Ministry reports. The ministry says that an Afghan personnel was the source of the infection. The soldiers, who are undergoing treatment in Gori military hospital of central Georgia, suffer from a mild form of the virus, doctors say.
A company-sized unit of Georgian peacekeeping forces has arrived in Afghanistan to replace their colleagues for the next round of effort in NATO mission in the country.
Georgia has reported four new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 999.870 of the 999 patients have recovered, while 15 others have died. As of today 114 people remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia. All four new cases are imported- truck drivers, said the director of Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Diseases Marina Ezugbaia earlier today.
The twelfth battalion of the first Infantry Brigade of the Georgian Defence Forces has completed its mission in Nato’s Resolute Support Mission and returned from Afghanistan to Georgia.
A company-sized unit of Georgian peacekeepers returned from the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan earlier today after serving in a six-month deployment in Kabul alongside their NATO partners.