70 medical workers test positive for coronavirus in Tbilisi cardiology clinic

About 70 employees of the cardiology clinic ‘Heart’ located in Tbilisi have tested positive for coronavirus.

Head of the clinic Anzor Melia has also tested positive for the virus among other medical workers.

Some patients hid the fact that they had a fever at home ... We saw that the doctors got sick with the virus, then we saw that the nurses got sick too - all the staff who had close contact with patients,” said Melia.

The cardiology department has closed and the clinic restricted admission of patients until December 10.

Georgia has reported 4,780 new cases of coronavirus, 3,489 recoveries and 37 deaths in the past 24 hours. 

20,013 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today. 

Georgia has had 123,470 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020.