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.
Georgian citizens will have free access to 2093 electronic books on www.lit.ge for a month due to prolonged school holidays amid coronavirus, the information was announced at a meeting held by the Ministry of Education today.
Georgian commercial banks, particularly TBC Bank, Bank of Georgia and Liberty Bank will accept postponed payment on loans for three months. The banks say the decision has been made to prevent people gathering in bank branches and thus to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
One individual has tested positive for the new coronavirus – Covid-19 in Georgia increasing the total number of people infected in the country to 25 todat.
Three major clubbing venues in Tbilisi have temporarily shuttered their doors to ensure prevention of a spread of coronavirus infections at large gatherings, with Bassiani, Mtkvarze and Khidi announcing decisions to suspend events on calendar for the rest of the month.
The Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia recommends state agencies and private organisations to work remotely to avoid the spread of coronavirus in the country.
De facto officials of the Russian occupied Georgian region of Abkhazia have announced that the Enguri Bridge crossing point, which connects the occupied region with the rest of the country, will close at 8 p.m. on March 14.
Fourteen individuals from Tbilisi and the Imereti, Samegrelo, Kvemo Kartli, Samtskhe-Javakheti and Adjara regions of Georgia have been placed under quarantine within the last 24 hours for violating self-isolation rules to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has registered 131 cases of violations of the state of emergency during the last 24 hours throughout Georgia.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has registered 46 cases of violations of the state of emergency during the last 24 hours throughout Georgia.
Asymptomatic coronavirus patients will leave self-isolation after 12 days without conducting a repeat coronavirus test, said Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia.