Yet another opposition politician tests positive for coronavirus
Gedevan Popkhadze is one of the former ruling party MPs who left the Georgian Dream last year. Photo: George Mosidze/Facebook
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Opposition Our Georgia – Solidarity Alliance member Gedevan Popkhadze has tested positive for coronavirus.
The independent MP is one of six former ruling Georgian Dream party members who established an alliance back in June.
Gedevan Popkhadze was delivered to Republic Hospital with high temperature last night.
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Popkhadze’s team member Levan Gogichaishvili, who also tested positive for COVID-19, is also hospitalised.
Other members of the alliance have gone in self-isolation.
Where is the virus spreading?
Georgia has reported a record 165 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, of which 109 were registered in the Adjara region of Georgia, 81 had contact with infected individuals and four cases are 'imported', said Medical Director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia.
Teona Tskhomelidze, a journalist of Rustavi 2, TV has tested positive for coronavirus. Some other 300 employees of the TV company were checked via PCR testing. The family and close contacts of Tskhomelidze have gone into self-isolation.
Independent MP Levan Gogichaishvili and his wife, TV Pirveli journalist Vika Bukia, have tested positive for the coronavirus today.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze’s bodyguard has tested positive for COVID-19, the parliament’s press office reported today. Although Speaker Talakvadze and his family members tested negative, they have gone into self-isolation.
Georgia has confirmed a total of 152 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours. Six individuals have recovered. The source of infection of 11 individuals needs to be identified.
Adjara tops coronavirus-hit regions
Georgia has reported a record 170 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, of which 124 were registered in the Adjara region of Georgia, said Medical Director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia. Currently 1,154 patients are undergoing treatment at Covid centres in Georgia. 11 individuals recovered in Georgia within the last 24 hours. The total number of recoveries has reached 1,381.
Three COVID-19 hotspots have been identified in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region though the epidemiological situation is under full control, the head of the Kakheti branch of the National Centre for Disease Control, Neli Khizanishvili, said earlier today.
Georgia has reported 196 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today, the highest figure since the country confirmed its first case of COVID-19 at the end of February.145 of the 196 new patients are from the Adjara region of western Georgia. As of today 1,327 individuals remain infected with COVID-19 in the country. Despite the recent surge in the infections, the country has no plans to declare a nationwide lockdown. More than 490,000 people have been tested for the coronavirus in Georgia so far.
A student of Georgia’s Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) has tested positive for COVID-19, reports IPN.
Georgia has reported 182 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today. 129 of the 182 new patients are from Georgia’s coastal Adjara region.Georgia has had 3,119 cases of the coronavirus since February 26, 2020.1,435 of the 3,119 patients have recovered, while 19 others have died. As of today 1,665 individuals remain infected with COVID-19 in the country. Thirteen individuals have recovered from the virus over the past 24 hours.
The period of tough restrictions due to the coronavirus is over and Georgia is moving towards a period of adaptation, says Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava earlier today at a plenary session in the Georgian parliament.
A new record high of 196 coronavirus cases has been confirmed in Georgia since yesterday. 13 patients have recovered. Meanwhile, independent MP of Tbilisi City Council (Sakrebulo) Jaba Jushkariani who is a member of opposition Our Georgia – Solidarity Alliance has also tested positive for coronavirus.
Georgia has reported 193 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today and announced the death of a 20th patient since the country confirmed its first case of the coronavirus at the end of February 2020. The 60-year-old woman who has died of the virus was earlier transported from Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region in critical condition. A public school in Senaki, in the Samegrelo region of western Georgia, has had to switch to remote learning as a teacher and two pupils have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Imedi TV journalist Zura Balanchivadze has tested positive for coronavirus. All of his contacts have been informed and they went to self-isolation, Imedi TV announced. The TV company continues to broadcast.