Total of nine coronavirus cases confirmed in Kazbegi
Zagashvili said that the contacts of the coronavirus-infected Larsi employees have been identified. Photo: GHN.
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Nine coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Kazbegi municipality, eastern Georgia, said Mayor of Kazbegi municipality Alexandre Zagashvili, noting the ‘epidemiological situation is calm and under control.’
Zagashvili noted that all the cases are related to employees of the Larsi checkpoint, at the Russia-Georgia border in Kazbegi.
Zagashvili said that the contacts of the coronavirus-infected Larsi employees have been identified.
The coronavirus confirmed contacts were brought to the hospital. Other contacts of [Larsi employees] are in self isolation,” said Zagashvili.
He said that in order to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus, citizens are undergoing thermal screening and tests are being conducted in the area.
Since the arrival of coronavirus in Georgia, a total of 283,000 people have been tested for coronavirus with PCR in Georgia, while over 180,000 have been tested with rapid tests in the country, said Deputy Head of the National Disease Control Centre Paata Imnadze.
Georgian PrimeMinister Giorgi Gakharia has dismissed media reports that the government has plans to impose coronavirus restrictions in Kazbegi municipality of eastern Georgia, as seven border guards in Larsi checkpoint, at Russia-Georgia border, have tested positive for the coronavirus.
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.
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 medical director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia told journalists today that nine infected individuals out of the 15 had travelled to Svaneti, four had contacts with infected individuals, one is a truck driver, while the source of infection for one individual has not yet been identified.
Fifteen people tested positive for coronavirus in Georgia since yesterday, increasing the number of total cases to 1336. Four individuals out of the 15 were infected in the Adjara region.
Georgia has reported five new cases of the coronavirus earlier today. Two of the new patients contracted the virus from infected individuals in the country, one new case was imported while the source of infection has not been identified in the remaining two cases.
Georgia has reported 10 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today. The medical director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia said that one of the new patients is a medical staff. The number of recoveries has increased by six, reaching 1,092.