Georgia reports 19 new cases of coronavirus, one village placed under quarantine
Georgia reported its first case of the coronavirus at the end of February 2020. Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
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Georgia has reported 19 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, many of the new cases were reported in Gardabani municipality of eastern Georgia.
Director of Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Diseases Marina Ezugbaia says that eight of the 19 new cases were from Lilo open market in Tbilisi which employees many of Gardabani inhabitants, five in Gachiani settlement of Gardabani ,two new cases were imported, one is a medical personnel, while the source of infection in the remaining three individual is unidentified.
The government of Georgia has placed the Karajalari village of Gardabani municipality under quarantine earlier today to prevent the further spread of the virus.
Roads to and from the village have been blocked by police and drones are being used to monitor the area.
Photo: coronavirus live update.
About 1,000 locals of Karajalari village have already been tested for the coronavirus.
The Georgian National Centre for Disease Control has begun mass testing of people for the coronavirus at Lilo open market in the outskirts of Tbilisi where many Gardabani inhabitants work as vendors.
Georgia reported its first case of the coronavirus on February 26, 2020.
Since then 1,104 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the country.
Photo: coronavirus live update.
Forty-one of the total cases have been reported in Gardabani municipality which is inhabited mostly by ethnic minorities.
912 of the 1,104 patients have recovered, while 16 others have died in the country.
As of today 176 people remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia.
More than 187,000 people have been tested for the coronavirus so far.