How is Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara handling the coronavirus?
Extended testing for coronavirus in Adjara will continue until the end of the tourist season. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara has increased testing in the region following several infections in a night club in Kobuleti on August 15.
Starting August 21, two testing tents were opened on Batumi Boulevard, while another was set up in Kobuleti Park near the seaside where the public can freely receive PCR coronavirus tests.
214 people in Batumi and Kobuleti have gone through voluntary testing at these locations in the last four days, says the Health Ministry of Adjara region. All the results were negative.
Moreover, the staff of open air cafes, nightclubs and bungalows located on the seaside are being actively tested; 157 employees have already been tested for the virus and their results were also negative.
The decision to extend coronavirus testing after an employee at Havana Club in Kobuleti tested positive for the virus on August 15. Five others later tested positive and their cases were linked to Havana Club.
Extended testing for coronavirus in Adjara will continue until the end of the tourist season.
The testing process is being carried out from 5 pm to 10 pm.
Individuals who will be tested for the coronavirus will get results within 24 hours if they test positive”, says the ministry.
Georgia has reported eight new cases of coronavirus today, out of which four are from Adjara.
Two new patients contracted the virus from Kobuleti as they were in contact with infected individuals from Havana Club in Kobuleti, while two are truck drivers.
A nineteenth person has died from coronavirus in Georgia, while eight more people have tested positive for COVID-19 and the number of recoveries has increased by 13. One new patient contracted the virus from the Lenjeri village of Mestia municipality, two from contact from infected individuals, four cases were ‘imported’ of which three are truck drivers and one is a medical worker.
The epidemiological situation is under control but the coronavirus has not yet been defeated, said Head of the National Disease Control Centre Amiran Gamkrelidze, urging citizens to observe all the recommendations of the Georgian Health Ministry.
A total of 1, 236 tourists visited Georgia between July 22 – August 15, announces Head of the Georgian Tourism Administration Mariam Kvrivishvili.
Tents will be set up on the Batumi Boulevard where tourists and locals will be able to undergo voluntary coronavirus testing, announces Head of the National Disease Control Centre (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze.
Georgia has reported seven new cases of the coronavirus earlier today. Medical Director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia said that one new patient contracted the virus from contact from infected individuals, four cases were ‘imported’ of which one is a truck driver and two are medical workers.
Georgia has reported 11 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today and 40 recoveries. Medical Director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia said that one new patient contracted the virus from the Lenjeri village of Mestia municipality, six from contact from infected individuals, four cases were ‘imported’ of which one is a truck driver.
Despite the micro-epidemic in the Georgian Black Sea resort city of Batumi, where 22 new cases of coronavirus have been reported during the last 24 hours, the city will not be put under lockdown.
Batumi’s Evex clinic has closed temporarily as three medical workers have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Batumi's City Court starts working remotely as two lawyers have tested positive for Covid-19.
Tents will be set up in Tbilisi at different locations where citizens will be able to undergo voluntary coronavirus testing, the National Disease Control Centre (NCDC) announced earlier today.
Thirteen employees of Georgian Interior Ministry have tested positive for the coronavirus over the past 24 hours. Ten of the 13 new cases were from the country’s coastal Adjara region.
The tourist season has opened in the Balck Sea Adjara region of Georgia today with special events to create a summer mood for the visitors. Locals and visitors of the main summer destination of Adjara, Batumi, will enjoy a kite show, open air ballet, theatrical performances and big band jazz music throughout the day.