New website to inform public about coronavirus in Georgia
Information on the page is updated daily at specific times and shows figures for the international spread of the coronavirus as well as answers to frequently asked questions about the disease.
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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.
The new website will also give recommendations from the World Health Organisation and the Georgian Ministry of Health.
Information on the page is updated daily at specific times and shows figures for the international spread of the coronavirus as well as answers to frequently asked questions about the disease.
The government of Georgia has already taken several measures to prevent a spread of the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Public schools have been closed in the country until March 16 as a measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Officials say that this time will be enough to strengthen disinfection work at schools, as well as kindergartens and public transport.
Also, trucks transiting through Georgia from coronavirus-affected countries will be escorted to border checkpoints. The drivers from WHO-designated high coronavirus risk countries will be replaced with persons outside the risk groups.
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said today that 54 underpasses had already been cleaned with special disinfectant sprays. He also said that preventive measures are being carried out in the service centres of Tbilisi City Hall.
So far three individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 in Georgia.
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 Reserve Fund has allocated 1 million GEL ($358,358) to the Ministry of Health to respond to the challenge of the new coronavirus in Georgia. The Ministry of Finance has also been instructed to allocate additional financial resources to the Ministry of Health if necessary.
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.’
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 only three cases of coronavirus detection.
Individuals placed in quarantine or self-isolation for two weeks amid the coronavirus outbreak will be compensated by their employers per an order released by Georgia’s Ministry of Health, reports the press office of the Ministry.
Newly appointed US Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan has met with Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze today and stated that Georgia is dealing very well with the global crisis related to the new coronavirus – 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.
All three international airports of Georgia are taking preventive safety measures against the spread of the coronavirus.
Georgia has eight new confirmed cases of COVID-19 increasing the total number of infected individuals to 23. Reportedly, all of the eight infected individuals had contact with those who have tested positive for coronavirus earlier. Head of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Tengiz Tsertsvadze that the new cases are again connected with Italy.
Three individuals have tested positive for the new China-born coronavirus in Georgia, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 33. All of the three had contact with foreigners from the countries, which are currently the largest centres of the outbreak.
A total of 9 million GEL (about $2.60m/€2.37m) has already been accumulated in the StopCov foundation created on March 23 to help the poor and disadvantaged get through the coronavirus crisis in Georgia.
The Interagency Coordination Council, a body charged with orchestrating the response to the new coronavirus, will begin working remotely starting today and carry out sessions online to avoid gathering people as a measure against the spread of the new coronavirus.
The Georgian government has launched a new English-language channel on Telegram to provide information regarding the spread of COVID-19 and the measures taken by the Georgian government.
An innovative application called ‘Stop Covid’ has been created to help stem the further spread of the new coronavirus in Georgia.
The Stop Covid application, developed for Georgia by an Austrian company in order to help stem the spread of the new coronavirus, has identified 27 people infected with the coronavirus since its inception.
123 million GEL from Georgia's StopCov fund was used to distribute 200 GEL to children under 18.