UPDATED: 12 placed under quarantine for violating self-isolation rules
As of now Georgia has 25 confirmed cases of Covid-19. The test results of seven with suspicious symptoms will be known by the end of the day. Photo: batumelebi.ge.
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Additional nine individuals have been placed under quarantine for the violation of self-isolation rules to prevent the further spread of Covid-19 virus, the Georgian Interior Ministry reported earlier today.
Earlier: 11:34
Three individuals in Kutaisi, Batumi and Marneuli have been placed under quarantine for violating self-isolation rules.
The violations were discovered through the joint monitoring of Georgia’s National Disease Control Centre (NCDC) and the patrol police.
#Georgia is ready to act&stop #COVID19 by implementing preventive measures in line w/@WHO recommendations @GovernmentGeo announced the measures it will take to limit the spread of #coronavirus in the country #StopCoV
— Giorgi Gakharia (@GakhariaGiorgi) March 12, 2020
Read the full list of measures at https://t.co/A4jVwCXcRM
The Georgian patrol police and NCDC were instructed earlier this week to closely monitor people in self-isolation.
As of now Georgia has 25 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with 245 placed under quarantine [as they traveled abroad or had contact with infected individuals] and 58 others at hospitals due to suspicious symptoms.
Most of the confirmed cases, 23, are connected with Italy, while the remaining two with Iran.
- 134,769 have been infected with the respiratory infection worldwide.
- 4,983 have died from the virus, while 70,387 have recovered.
- Most of the cases are reported in China, Italy, Iran and South Korea. However, the virus is present in 114 countries.