81 of 1,500 inspected schools don’t meet COVID-19 safety standards in Georgia
Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze said today that sanitary deficiencies should not be present in schools. Schoolchildren should be able to wash their hands frequently and also use hand sanitizers at schools. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Out of 1,500 schools inspected by the Labor Inspection Department, 81 don’t meet COVID-19 safety standards developed by the Georgian Health Ministry, said Beka Peradze, the head of the department.
Peradze also noted that out of 1,500 inspected schools, only 614 were allowed to continue their studies on September 15.
Inspecting of Georgian schools continues. As of today, 1,500 schools have been inspected, out of which the Labour Inspection Department has issued licenses to 614 schools, while the rest are continuing the inspection process. The department is waiting for certain results to make the right decisions regarding the rest of the schools.
Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze said today that sanitary deficiencies should not be present in schools. Schoolchildren should be able to wash their hands frequently and also use hand sanitizers at schools.
Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has called on teachers and employees of educational institutions to refrain from going to workplaces for two weeks if they have been in the Ajara region from August 15,
Georgia has reported a record 57 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, out of which five patients are from the cluster of candy shop Dona in Batumi in the Ajara region of Georgia. 14 other patients were also infected in Batumi, while 18 others had contact with infected individuals.
Schools around the country and high educational institutions will remain closed until April 21 to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Georgian schools, universities and kindergartens will remain closed in Georgia until April 1 as a measure to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. The decision was taken by the Interagency Coordination Council’s meeting earlier today. Also, spring compulsory recruiting for compulsory military service has been postponed until April 13.
Georgian schools and universities will reopen on September 15, depending the epidemiological situation in the country. Head of the National Disease Control Centre (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze stated that there will be safety measures for schools and universities in order to prevent the risk of spreading virus.
As Georgia begins to ease lockdown, reopening of schools needs to be prioritised, says UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund) Georgia in an official statement. The statement reads that the longer children stay out of school, the more exposed they are to various risks.
Twenty schools in Tbilisi, Zugdidi, Rustavi and Kutaisi have moved to remote studies following an uptick in coronavirus cases in schools.
UNICEF Georgia welcomes the Georgian government’s plan to gradually open schools in the cities and the villages of Georgia. An official statement of the organisation reads that safe re-opening of schools and preschools must be prioritised during lifting the restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.