PM Gakharia: key goal is to manage pandemic with minimal risks
PM Gakharia said that although 38 new cases have been identified today, delaying the school year is 'out of the question'. Photo: PM's press office.
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The Georgian government’s key goal today is to manage the coronavirus pandemic with minimal risks as a new academic year is around the corner which will further increase mobility, especially in big cities, Georgian PM Gakharia said earlier today.
We have 38 new cases, possibly a record-breaker, with 22 cases identified in one facility in Batumi. The Health Ministry, the Interior Ministry, municipalities, epidemiologists, and the Ministry of Education must be fully mobilised in order to manage this process with minimal risks", Gakharia said.
Gakharia said that over time facemasks, social distancing, and 'other additions to our everyday routine have been neglected by our population'.
Social distancing indoors is an unfortunate necessity and part of our daily lives, so that we may be able to be as effective as before in managing the epidemic and enabling the economy to recover. It is all very important, and not a joke. We must take it seriously, and we must appreciate our responsibility to others, firstly to children and senior citizens", Gakharia.
Gakharia said that although 38 new cases have been identified today, delaying the school year is 'out of the question'. He said that
The school year must start on September 15. And the Ministries of Education and Health must be fully mobilised. We have taken on the responsibility of preventing any risks that might interrupt the school year, and necessary measures must be taken in schools to that end", Gakharia said.
Kindergartens and theaters will be opened on October 1 in Georgia, while schools and cinemas will open on September 15.
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.
The quarantine restrictions have been lifted today in the Mestia municipality in western Georgia, one of the most visited tourist attractions in the country, which was under lockdown after 17 people tested positive for the coronavirus on August 10.
Georgia has reported 38 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, which is a record high number since April 16 when 42 cases of coronavirus were detected. 22 new patients contracted the virus from the cluster of confectionery Dona in Georgia's Black Sea resort town of Batumi, seven cases from contact from infected individuals, four cases were ‘imported’ of which two are truck drivers and the source of infections has not been identified in the remaining five cases.
Kindergartens and theaters will be opened on October 1 in Georgia, while schools and cinemas will open on September 15, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has announced.
Dreamland Oasis Chakvi hotel in Adjara region will be placed on temporary lockdown as a doctor attending a conference along with 400 other doctors has tested positive for coronavirus.
Two employees of Nikora supermarket at Vazha-Pshavela Avenue close to Medical University metro station as well as five employees of Zgapari supermarket at Rustavi Highway have been infected with COVID-19 in Georgia.
Georgia has reported 20 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today. Medical Director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia said that eight new patients contracted the virus from contact from infected individuals, one is a medical worker, seven cases are ‘imported’ of which four are truck drivers and the source of infections has not been identified in the remaining four cases.
A Turkish citizen who attended a meeting with representatives of NATO troops at Georgia’s Black Sea Port of Poti tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday.
Georgia has reported 28 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today. 12 new patients contracted the virus from the cluster of candy shop Dona in Georgia's Black Sea resort town of Batumi, three from contact from infected individuals, three are medical workers from Aversi clinic in Rustavi, two cases are ‘imported’ of which one is a truck driver, four patients have travelled in Adjara region and the source of infections has not been identified in the remaining four cases.