7 individuals recently returned from Italy with fever to be transferred to Tbilisi hospital
No internal transmission of Covid-19 virus has been reported inside the country and all 23 Georgian citizens who have tested positive for the virus were either in Italy, Iran, or had contact with individuals who travelled in Italy. Photo: 1TV.ge.
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Seven Georgian citizens who were evacuated from Italy on March 10 via a charter flight by Georgian Airways will be transferred to the Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital, as they had fever as a result of thermal screening at the Tbilisi International Airport yesterday, reports the Ministry of Health.
The remaining 193 citizens feel well and all of them have been placed under mandatory quarantine for two weeks. None of them have any symptoms of the new coronavirus for now”, said the press office of the Ministry.
Head of the National Disease Control Centre (NCDC) of Georgia Amiran Gamkrelidze says that no internal transmission of Covid-19 virus has been reported inside the country and all 23 Georgian citizens who have tested positive for the virus were either in Italy, Iran, or had contact with individuals who traveled in Italy.
Of the 23 infected patients, with eight new cases confirmed yesterday evening, two were infected in Iran.
Among the 23 infected patients, there is a 12-year-old child who suffers from a mild form of the virus.
The government of Georgia, the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) and commercial banks are teaming up to mitigate the negative impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on the tourism sector of the country. PM Gakharia and the chief executive officers of commercial banks signed an agreement earlier today, which will come up with an action plan to support the tourism sector in the coming days.
Georgian patrol police will monitor people in self-isolation and under quarantine in Georgia to further prevent the spread of Covid-19 virus, head of the National Disease Control Centre Amiran Gamkrelidze said earlier today. He stated that as of now 178 people are under quarantine in Georgia and 1,108 others in self-isolation as they have visited countries with numerous cases of the respiratory infection.
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.
Georgian schools, universities and kindergartens will remain closed in Georgia until April 1 as a measure to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. The decision was taken by the Interagency Coordination Council’s meeting earlier today. Also, spring compulsory recruiting for compulsory military service has been postponed until April 13.
Yet another individual has tested positive for the new China-born coronavirus in Georgia, increasing the total number of infected individuals to 24. Head of the National Disease Control Centre (NCDC) of Georgia Amiran Gamkrelidze reported today that this new case is also connected with Italy.