Land Transport Agency suspends freight transportation to Italy, Iran amid coronavirus outbreak
Land Transport Agency suspended freight transportation to Italy and Iran amid the recent new cronavirus outbreak. Photo: thomasnet.com.
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The Land Transport Agency has suspended freight transportation to Italy and Iran amid the coronavirus outbreak, reports the press office of the agency. They also have cancelled the validity period for permits which had already been issued.
The agency has also cancelled ongoing and planned lessons in its learning centre for two weeks.
Georgia, which paused flights with Iran earlier this month, also imposed restrictions for road travel with the country as soon the new coronavirus Covid-19 was confirmed.
There are two confirmed cases of new coronavirus in Georgia for now.
The first case of the virus was detected on February 26 in Georgia. A 50-year-old Georgian citizen, who travelled in Iran was stopped by Georgian border guards and was immediately placed in quarantine in Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital. Medics say that he feels good and needs no special treatment for now.
A 31-year-old woman was also tested positive for the new, Chia-born coronavirus Covid-19 today, who had been travelling to Italy.
The head of the National Disease Control Centre Amiran Gamkrelidze said that as of now 29 patients remain at the Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital with samples taken from 24 of them.
The individuals had travelled to countries which are experiencing the outbreak of the respiratory infection.
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air will reduce the number of flights to several destinations in Italy, including from Georgia’s Kutaisi International Airport, due to a decrease in demand for flights as the coronavirus spread in Italy.
15 individuals have been placed under quarantine for two weeks and will be under the supervision of medics while they are tested for the new coronavirus in the Lung Diseases Rehabilitation Centre of Abastumani, a small town in Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakheti region.
Georgia’s tourism sector will lose about 30 million GEL per month (about $10.79m/€9.93m) following the coronavirus ban on travel from China and Iran, announces Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava.
The Government of Georgia has made a decision to suspend direct flights with Iran amid the recent coronavirus outbreak. The Foreign Ministry announced today that this aims to prevent the spread of the virus to Georgia and to protect its citizens.
Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze announced today that yet another Georgian citizen who recently travelled to Iran has tested positive for the coronavirus, known as COVID-19.
The government of Georgia has recommended public institutions avoid overseas business trips except in cases of extreme necessity in order to prevent the further spread of covid-19.