8 test negative for coronavirus, number of coronavirus infections remains at 3
Georgia has three confirmed cases of coronavirus. Two of the infected returned from Iran, one from Italy. Photo: Tbilisi City Hall press office.
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Eight, who are quarantined in Tbilisi Hospital of Infections Diseases given their recent travel activity to Iran or Italy or contact with people who recently returned from these countries, have tested negative for the new, China-born Covid-19 virus.
As of now 19 individuals remain in hospital, with three cases of coronavirus detection.
The samples of another eight individuals at the hospital have been sent to Tbilisi Lugar Lab and the results will become known before the end of the day.
Individuals who have tested negative for the virus will remain under quarantine for some time.
All public transport in Tbilisi is being disinfected on a daily basis.
54 underground passes have already been disinfected in the capital city and education institutions and the process will continue.
Public transport is disinfected in Tbilisi. Photo: Tbilisi City Hall press office.
Two-week spring holidays starting today have been announced across the country.
Special devices have been installed in Tbilisi airport which thermoscreen all passengers.
More than 97,000 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed around the world, with most cases in China, South Korea, Iran and Italy.
More than 43,000 have recovered from the respiratory infection, while 2,900 died.
Public schools will be closed in Georgia until March 16 as a measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus. As of today, three Georgian citizens have tested positive for COVID-19, while 170 others, who have been travelling to countries with high risk of the virus, remain under the quarantine in Georgia.
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.
Georgia has confirmed the second case of the new, China-born coronavirus Covid-19. The infected individual is a Georgian citizen who had been traveling to Italy, head of the National Disease Control Centre Amiran Gamkrelidze stated earlier today. He said that as of now 29 patients remain at the Tbilisi Hospital of Infections Diseases with samples taken of 24 of them. The individuals had travelled in countries who are experiencing the outbreak of the respiratory infection.
No new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Georgia, with 11 patients who have recently come back from countries experiencing an outbreak of the new coronavirus testing negative, head of the Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Diseases Marina Ezugbaia stated earlier today.She said that the only man having the coronavirus in Georgia feels good and needs no special treatment.
Head of the National Disease Control Centre (NCDC) has urged media outlets to refrain from ‘making a political scene’ and ‘inappropriately insulting medics’ regarding the coronavirus situation in the country ‘as the issue is not political.'He stated that Mtavari Arkhi and its founder Nika Gvaramia have made ‘ungrounded accusations’ against the NCDC and responsible state agencies, blaming them of ‘being unprepared for the virus and being intransparent.’
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has cancelled up to 25 per cent of its Italian short haul flights, including from Georgia, between March 17 and April 8.
Officials from the World Health Organisation gave "positive assessment" to Georgia's efforts for preventing a spread of coronavirus outbreak in the country this week.
The government of Georgia has created a website - www.stopcov.ge - to inform the public about the coronavirus and provide information about the measures taken by the government to prevent thr spread of the coronavirus across the country.