Gov’t decreases coronavirus quarantine time to eight days for Georgia-bound travellers
If the result of the repeat PCR test is positive on the 12th day, individuals will be hospitalised if needed, said Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze. If hospitalisation is not needed, then the individual will be placed under quarantine and will continue treatment under the supervision of doctors. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Individuals entering Georgia will have to spend eight days instead of 12 in quarantine in Georgia, said Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia today.
After eight days, people placed in quarantine will take a PCR test...if they are negative, they will be able to leave quarantine. However, they will still be obliged to take a second PCR test three days later.
We are decreasing the time of quarantine in order to alleviate the discomfort of our citizens, including guests…We are giving our citizens more freedom to return to their families as quickly and healthily as possible,” said Gakharia.
A few weeks ago we did not have enough evidence that decreasing the quarantine time would not lead to widespread infection.
Now we now have studies from European countries and also based on our own experience we can say that the infection can be detected on the eighth day but for more accuracy we need to conduct tests on the 12th day as well,” said Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze.
If the result of the repeat PCR test is positive on the 12th day, individuals will be hospitalised if needed, said Tikaradze. If hospitalisation is not needed, then the individual will be placed under quarantine and will continue treatment under the supervision of doctors.
Georgia’s Minister of Health, Ekaterine Tikaradze has stated today that all citizens entering the country will be placed under mandatory quarantine starting from today to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. New quarantine zones will be arranged at the Sarpi, Larsi and Red Bridje customs checkpoints.
Georgian patrol police will monitor people in self-isolation and under quarantine in Georgia to further prevent the spread of Covid-19 virus, head of the National Disease Control Centre Amiran Gamkrelidze said earlier today. He stated that as of now 178 people are under quarantine in Georgia and 1,108 others in self-isolation as they have visited countries with numerous cases of the respiratory infection.
Individuals will have to spend 12 days instead of 14 in quarantine or self isolation in Georgia, according to a new decree which comes into play starting August 12.
Georgian citizens and residents of the country will no longer be asked to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine on arrival in Lithuania.
All foreigners entering Georgia, including from Germany, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia to which Georgia has opened borders unconditionally, will be required to present PCR test results from the proceeding 72 hours as of September 15, announced Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia.
Schools and universities will reopen on October 1 instead of September 15 in Georgia’s Black Sea cities of Batumi and Kobuleti, as 20 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Batumi today, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia announced.
Georgia has reported 45 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, which is a record high number after April 16 when 42 cases of coronavirus were detected. Medical Director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia said that out of 45 new cases of coronavirus, 23 were detected in the Adjara region of Georgia and five cases are related to a big wedding in the capital city of Tbilisi.
Georgia has reported 44 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, of which 25 were detected in the Adjara region. The number of recoveries has increased by four, reaching 1,325. In total 19 people have died of the virus in the country, 5,882 people are in quarantine, and 41 citizens of Georgia have been transported home from abroad for treatment.
Asymptomatic coronavirus patients from 18 to 65 years of age with no chronic diseases will be treated in quarantine under the supervision of doctors instead of hospitals, said Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze earlier today.
Everyone who had contact with a coronavirus-infected independent MP Levan Gogichaishvili since September 5 will be tested for COVID-19 and go into self-isolation, parliament’s press office has reported.
Georgia will host the 112th session of the executive council of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) on September 15-17, in Tbilisi.
All foreigners entering Georgia, including from Germany, France, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia – countries to which Georgia has opened its borders unconditionally – will be required to present PCR test results from the proceeding 72 hours to enter Georgia or undergo PCR testing at their own expense in a laboratory located at the airport.
Asymptomatic coronavirus patients will leave self-isolation after 12 days without conducting a repeat coronavirus test, said Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia.
Foreign citizens arriving in Georgia will have to take a rapid antigen test after the end of the 8-day quarantine from now on, announces Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze