Foreign citizens arriving in Georgia will have to take rapid antigen test after 8-day quarantine
If the results of the rapid antigen tests are doubtful foreign citizens arriving in Georgia will undergo a PCR test also. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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
Gamkrelidze added that if the results of the rapid antigen tests are doubtful foreign citizens arriving in Georgia will undergo a PCR test also.
Not to delay these people for a long time, they can be tested quickly with antigen tests, and if they test negative, of course, they will be free to go. If the test result is doubtful, then they will have to take a PCR test", Gamkrelidze said.
The Georgian government decreased the coronavirus quarantine time from 12 to eight days for individuals entering Georgia in early September.
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