Three schools in Zugdidi to continue studies online as 14 students test positive for coronavirus
14 out of 20 coronavirus cases are school students from Zugdidi who have been in contact with a private teacher who was infected from a cluster from the shopping centre ‘Okros Birja’. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Three schools in Zugdidi will continue studies online as 14 school students have tested positive for the coronavirus, said acting State Representative in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Malkhaz Toria.
He noted that recently 200 people have been tested for the virus in the region, out of which 20 tested positive..
14 out of 20 coronavirus cases are school students from Zugdidi who have been in contact with a private teacher who was infected from a cluster from the shopping centre ‘Okros Birja’.
As these 14 minors are school students of Rukhi, Ingiri №1 and Didinedzi, all these schools will study online.
There are 91 infected individuals in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region. 69 coronavirus patients are being treated in Rukhi hospital, four are in severe condition.
173 people are placed under quarantine in the region.
Georgia has reported a record 298 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today and three deaths. Representative of Tbilisi Hospital of Infections Diseases Marina Endeladze said that two of the three patients who died of coronavirus were treated in the coastal Adjara region and one in the capital city of Tbilisi.
Two schoolchildren in the village of Khaishi, in the Mestia municipality of Georgia have tested positive for coronavirus, says acting State Representative in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Malkhaz Toria.
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.
Universities and vocational schools will begin in-person studies on October 19 throughout Georgia, excluding the Adjara region, as most of the newly infected cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the region in the recent weeks.
Schools in Ozurgeti municipality in the Guria region will continue studies online as an increased number of coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the area.
In-person studies will be restored only for grades one to six in the cities of Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Rustavi and Zugdidi starting October 1, while in Poti and Gori all grades will restart in-person studies, said Natia Mezvrishvili, the head of the government administration earlier today.
All schools in Georgia will have to create a space for medical services by September 15, 2022, says head of parliament's Education Committee Genadi Margvelashvili, who added that the amendments will be introduced into the law of Georgia ‘On general education.’
One more infected individual has died in Georgia today increasing the coronavirus-related deaths to 32. Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze said that a 57 years old man had concomitant diseases and his condition was critical. Meanwhile, Georgia has reported a record 298 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today.
Georgia has reported a record 314 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today and one death. Representative of Tbilisi Hospital of Infections Diseases Marina Endeladze said that out of 314 new cases of the coronavirus 225 were registered in the coastal Adjara region.
Georgian Education Ministry will impose restriction only on the schools which will have confirmed cases of COVID-19. Based on the National Centre for Disease Control all of the infected teachers and students will go into self-isolation, schools will be disinfected and continue online studies.
In-person studies for school students in grades one to six have resumed today in Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Rustavi, Zugdidi and Poti. School students of all grades in the Adjara region will have to attend remote classes, as most of the newly infected cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the region in the recent weeks.