Georgia reports 14 new cases of coronavirus, 44 patients recovered
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Georgia has reported 14 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today. Forty-four COVID-19 patients have recovered over the past 24 hours.
Most of the patients who have recovered are Georgian soldiers who tested positive for the coronavirus while serving in the NATO Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan last month and were transported home for treatment.
Two of the 14 new patients are from the Gachiani settlement of Gardabani municipality, nine individuals had contact with infected people, while the remaining three new cases are imported (two are truck drivers).
Image: coronavirus live update.
Director of Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Diseases says that the nine patients who contracted the virus through contact with infected individuals may have links with Mestia municipality in western Georgia which was put on lockdown yesterday.
518 tourists who were in Mestia municipality have already been placed in quarantine.
343 of the 518 individuals are in hotels in Mestia which will be used as quarantine zones, while the remaining 171 are in hotels in the coastal Adjara region.
Image: coronavirus live update.
Since February 26, 2020 Georgia has had 1,264 cases of the coronavirus.
1,054 of the 1,264 patients have recovered, while 17 others have died.
In total, there are 194 COVID-19 patients in the country (one tested positive for the coronavirus abroad and was transported in Georgia for treatment) as of August 11.
7,279 people are in quarantine in Georgia.
Georgian textile companies have expressed their readiness to start producing face masks to fill in for the deficit caused by fears of the coronavirus.
The Georgian government announced a temporary ban on incoming flights on Monday. However, even before the move streets in the Georgian capital looked deserted as locals stayed home and number of travellers plummeted amid fears around the spread of Covid-19.
Three individuals have tested positive for the new China-born coronavirus in Georgia, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 33. All of the three had contact with foreigners from the countries, which are currently the largest centres of the outbreak.
Mestia municipality in western Georgia, one of the most visited tourist attractions in the country, has been placed on lockdown as 16 people have tested positive in the past two days in the municipality for the coronavirus. People will not be able to enter or leave the municipality without the police’s consent. Tourists who are now in the municipality will be placed under quarantine in hotels where they are currently located (if the hotels meet the recommendations of Georgia’s Health Ministry) or will be transported to other quarantine zones.
The Georgian Interior Ministry reported earlier today that its eleven employees have tested positive for the coronavirus. All of them feel well and epidemiologists are now actively studying their contacts. Over 20 individuals have already been transferred to the quarantine zone, the Interior Ministry reported.
Georgia has reported 14 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, bringing the total number of cases to 1,278. 1,058 of the 1,278 patients have recovered, while 17 others have died. As of today 203 individuals remain infected with COVID-19 in the country. Mestia municipality in western Georgia and Karajalari village of Gardabani municipality in eastern Georgia remain on coronavirus lockdown.
Georgia will wait for studies and communicate with partner organisations as Russia has registered the first coronavirus vaccine for use, claiming that the vaccine ‘gives sustainable immunity’ and is safe.