Georgia closes borders with Armenia, Azerbaijan for 10 days
No restrictions will apply to cargo transportation as a relevant transit corridor will also be ensured for freight. Photo; IPN
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Starting today Georgia will close borders with neighbouring Armenia and Azerbaijan for ten days to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia discussed the temporary suspension of movement with Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan PM Ali Asadov in telephone conversations yesterday.
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The Georgian PM’s press office reported that the parties agreed to facilitate the return of their respective citizens through a humanitarian corridor.
Meanwhile, no restrictions will apply to cargo transportation as a transit corridor will also be ensured for freight.
#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
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has encouraged citizens to be more careful as 25 individuals have tested positive for the COVID-19 in the country.
The Georgian government has moved into an emergency, round-the-clock regime after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of the China-born coronavirus a pandemic.
Based on www.stopcov.ge website, Armenia has eight confirmed cases of coronavirus and Azerbaijan has 15.