Regulations in Adjara may be lifted starting next week
Georgia has reported 527 new cases of coronavirus earlier today of which 190 cases are from the Adjara region. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Regulations in the Adjara region might be lifted starting next week, said Head of the Adjara region government Tornike Rijvadze earlier today.
He said that first of all municipal transport will be resumed.
The situation is stabilizing on a daily basis…we have a consistent decrease in new coronavirus cases and at the same time a significant number of recovered people,” said Rijvadze.
He noted that testing people for the coronavirus continues.
Rijvadze said that 250 people have recovered in Adjara today, while in total there are about 3,000 people who have recovered in the region.
Rijvadze noted that in the last two days more than 2,000 people have been tested for the virus in the Adjara region.
He said that the details about lifting the restrictions will be announced next week, including restoring municipal transport and restarting studies at schools and kindergartens.
Municipal transport was suspended in the Adjara region on September 25. Meanwhile, restaurants close in the region at 22 p.m.
Public intercity transport was suspended in the Adjara region on September 26. The restriction did not apply to taxis which were still available in the region.
Georgia has reported 527 new cases of coronavirus earlier today of which 190 cases are from the Adjara region.
Georgia has had 10,752 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020.
5,866 of the 10,752 patients have recovered, while 72 others have died.
As of today 4,814 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in the country.
66 of the 4,814 patients are in critical condition.
Georgia has reported 527 new cases of coronavirus earlier today, 313 recoveries and six deaths in the past 24 hours. The majority of the cases were recorded in the Adjara region of Georgia and in the capital Tbilisi. Georgia has had 10,752 cases of the coronavirus since February 26, 2020.5,866 of the 10,752 patients have recovered, while 72 others have died. As of today 4,814 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in the country.66 of the 4,814 patients are in critical condition.
Public intercity transport will be suspended in the Adjara region starting tomorrow.
Restaurants will close in the Adjara region of Georgia starting at 22 p.m., and public transport will be completely stopped, announces the head of the government administration Natia Mezvrishvili.
People entering and leaving Batumi will undergo thermal screening – if a high temperature is detected, individuals will be tested for coronavirus, said Natia Mezvrishvili, the head of the government administration earlier today.
Nursing home Savane, have 11 people recovered from the coronavirus, out of which the oldest are an 80-year-old woman and a 78-year-old man.
Georgia has reported 519 new coronavirus cases, 253 recoveries and six deaths over the last 24 hours. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country has now increased to11,271 including 6,119 recoveries and 78 deaths.
Marina Endeladze, head of the isolation department of Tbilisi Hospital of Infections Diseases, stated today that out of the 523 new cases of coronavirus confirmed over the last 24 hours, 194 cases were reported in Tbilisi. She also added that ‘fortunately’ the number of new cases is decreasing in Adjara region.
Ambulance personnel will undergo mandatory PCR testing for COVID-19 every 72 hours, as they have the closest contact with COVID-19 patients.
Georgia has reported a record-high 680 new cases of coronavirus earlier today, with Tbilisi on the top of the list with 297 new infections. This is the first time over the past several weeks that Tbilisi has outnumbered the number of cases recorded in the country’s coastal region of Adjara.
Eight electric buses have been added to the transport fleet of Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi.