COVID update sees 13 new cases identified in Georgia
The number of reported and confirmed cases in Georgia has seen a rise over the last week. Photo via Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia press office.
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Health agencies have identified 13 new cases of COVID-19 in Georgia on Saturday, with the Karajalari village of the southern Gardabani municipality still under quarantine to contain a rise in reported cases since the last few days.
The latest update brings the number of active cases to 184, with 917 recovered patients. The total number of confirmed infections since the start of the outbreak earlier this year stands at 1,117. Five of the 184 patients are in critical condition.
Health professionals identified a rise in cases this week, with the number climbing from less than 10 daily cases throughout most of July to 11 on July 20 and 24 on July 22. The marker has stood above 10 over the rest of the days of the week as well.
On Friday there were 19 new confirmed reports of the infection, with Marina Ezugbaia, Director of Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Diseases telling the media eight of the cases were from the Lilo open market in Tbilisi.
With market employing many of inhabitants from the Gardabani municipality in the south, some of the cases were traced to villages in the municipality. The government promptly placed the Karajalari village under quarantine.
Georgia has reported 19 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, many of the new cases were reported in Gardabani municipality of eastern Georgia. 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. About 1,000 locals of Karajalari village have already been tested for the coronavirus.
Georgia has reported 12 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 1,058. Five of the 12 new patients had contact with infected individuals, two are new cases from Gachiani, central Georgia, two other cases are imported,while the source of infection in three new patients is unidentified. 911 of the 1,058 patients have recovered, while 16 others have died.
Paris, Riga, Munich are exceptions
Regular international flights will not resume in Georgia until August 31, announces the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency, however Paris, Riga and Munich will be exceptions. Air France will carry out two flights a week starting early August from Paris Charles de Gaulle and Tbilisi International Airports and German airline Lufthansa will carry out flights two times a week, linking Tbilisi to Munich.
The Council of the European Union has updated the list of countries to which the travel restrictions should be gradually lifted and the list still includes Georgia. The criteria to determine third countries for which current travel restrictions should be lifted cover in particular the epidemiological situation and containment measures, including social distancing, as well as economic and social considerations.
Healthcare workers on the frontlines of battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia received supplies for the effort from the European Union and the World Health Organisation this week.
Georgia has reported 14 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the number of active infections to 195.
Georgia has reported six new cases of the coronavirus earlier today which is the decrease in the number of cases compared to the last week.Most of the new cases are connected with Gardabani municipality of eastern Georgia and the Lilo open market in Tbilisi where many of Gardabani inhabitants work as vendors. The Karajalari village in Gardabani municipality remains under quarantine.As of today 199 people remain infected with COVID-19 in the country.
Vendors at all open markets in Georgia will undergo mandatory PCR (polymerase chain reaction) testing for the coronavirus in the coming days, as five employees of the open air Lilo Market in Tbilisi tested positive for the virus several days ago.
Almost half of the imported coronavirus cases to Georgia, 46.6 per cent, were from Russia, says the report released by Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control yesterday.