Georgia reports 10 new cases of coronavirus, 130 remain infected with COVID-19
Locals are being tested for the coronavirus in the Karajala village of Gardabani municipality. Photo: Defence Ministry press office.
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Georgia has reported 10 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 1,049.
903 of the 1,049 patients have recovered, while 16 others have died.
As of today 130 people remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia.
Photo: coronavirus live update.
Three of the 10 new cases are imported (one is a truck driver), five individuals had contact with infected people, while the remaining two do not know how they contracted the virus.
Six brigades of epidemiologists are now working in the Karajala village of Gardabani municipality of eastern Georgia.
They have plans to test about 700 locals for the coronavirus.
Photo: coronavirus live update.
Gardabani has had 23 cases of the coronavirus so far.
Fourteen of the 23 cases were reported in the village.
Gardabani may be placed under lockdown once again.
Photo: coronavirus live update.
Georgia reported its first case of the coronavirus on February 26, 2020.
Since then more than 174,000 people have been tested for the coronavirus inside the country.
Switzerland opens borders for Georgia starting today, says the Embassy of Switzerland in Georgia.
A sixteenth individual has died from coronavirus-related complications in Georgia today. Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze said the 72-year-old man suffered from kidney failure and several chronic diseases.
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.
Georgia is opening its borders for travellers from five countries, announces PM Spokesman Irakli Chikovani after a meeting of the Interagency Coordination Council today. The government of Georgia is also negotiating with international airline companies to resume direct flights in Georgia. So far an agreement has been reached with Lufthansa which will start flights between Munich and Tbilisi starting August.
The inhabitants of Karajala and Karataklia villages in Gardabani municipality will undergo mandatory PCR (polymerase chain reaction) testing for the coronavirus, as 23 inhabitants of the villages have tested positive for the virus over the last 24 hours.
Georgia is holding negotiations with British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and public–private global health partnership Gavi to receive the coronavirus vaccine if and when it becomes available, head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze stated earlier today. He said that the vaccine developed by the UK Oxford Group, in partnership with AstraZeneca, is ‘enormously promising.’
Georgia has reported 24 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today which is the highest figure since June. The source of infection in 22 cases of the 24 new cases has been identified. Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said that 10 new cases are from Gardabani municipality of eastern Georgia, five new patients had contact with infected individuals, while seven new cases are imported (five are truck drivers). “The state agencies are trying to identify the source of infection in the remaining two patients. The figure gives no reason to panic. However, we should act very cautiously,” Gamkrelidze said.