Vendors at all open markets in Georgia to undergo PCR testing for COVID-19
Georgia has reported six new cases of the coronavirus earlier today. Four of the six new cases are imported, one is connected with the Gachiani cluster (Gardabani municipality), while the source of infection for one individual remains unidentified. Photo: IPN.
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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.
Head of the National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said earlier today that out of 1,415 vendors at Lilo Market, five were tested positive for the coronavirus
Epidemiologists will receive the results of 500 test samples today. Medics should pay attention to two major points in the country - the Lilo open market and Georgia’s eastern Gardabani municipality. The majority of the newly infected individuals are from the villages of Gardabani municipality, and many residents of the municipality are employed at the Lilo open market”, said Gamkrelidze.
Georgia has reported six new cases of the coronavirus earlier today. Four of the six new cases are imported, one is connected with the Gachiani cluster (Gardabani municipality), while the source of infection for one individual remains unidentified.
Most of the new cases over the past several days were connected with Gardabani municipality in eastern Georgia and Lilo open market where many 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.
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.
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 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's health authorities reported eight new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, with 108 active cases of infection in the country.
Four of the eight new cases are imported (two of the four are truck drivers), one is a medical personnel, one is from Lilo open market in Tbilisi, one is from Gchiani settlement of Gardabani municipality (eastern Georgia), while the remaining one does not know how he contracted the virus.
Georgia has reported 10 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number to 1,155. Five of the 10 new cases are connected with the Gachiani cluster (Gardabani municipality), four are imported (two of the four are truck drivers) and in one case, the source is being identified and contacts are being investigated.
A 17th person has died of coronavirus complications in Georgia earlier today. The woman had several underlying conditions and had been undergoing treatment for a long time in Mtskheta Medical Centre in eastern Georgia. As of today Georgia has had 1,160 cases of the coronavirus. 935 of the 1,160 patients have recovered, while 17 others have died. As of today 208 people remain infected with COVID-19 in the country.
Georgia has reported eight new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 1,168. 940 of the 1,168 patients have recovered, while 17 others have died. As of today 211 people remain infected with COVID-19 in the country. Five of eight new cases are imported (two are truck drivers), one is from Gachiani settlement of Gardabani municipality, one is a medical personnel, one had contact with an infected individual.
The Georgian government is expected to postpone the date of obligatory use of cash registers at open markets, considering the economic complications created by the coronavirus pandemic.