Georgian textile companies ready to start producing face masks
As of now Georgia has 33 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with three new cases added yesterday. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgian textile companies have expressed their readiness to start producing face masks to fill in for the deficit caused by fears of the coronavirus.
Adjara Textile said that “as a highly socially responsible company” it will donate an amount of face masks freely to Georgia and its citizens.
The company Movi also expressed its support in the process of producing face masks.
Pharmaceutical company Smart Pharma said it would give cheesecloth freely to the country to help it produce face masks.
Face masks are in deficit worldwide due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
As of now Georgia has 33 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with three new cases added yesterday.
In total 637 people are under quarantine in Georgia and 54 others remain in hospitals under the observation of doctors.
There are 169,924 confirmed cases of Covid-19 worldwide as of now, with 6,521 deaths and 77,776 recovered.
The Georgian government announced a temporary ban on incoming flights on Monday. However, even before the move streets in the Georgian capital looked deserted as locals stayed home and number of travellers plummeted amid fears around the spread of Covid-19.
Thirteen individuals in Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kartli, Guria, Adjara and Mtskheta-Mtianeti regions of Georgia have been placed under quarantine for violating self-isolation rules to prevent the further spread of coronavirus, announces the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Georgian ski resorts are closing down temporarily as the government of Georgia is placing a limit on crowds and closing public places to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air will suspend all flights except to Budapest from the Kutaisi International Airport in the western Georgian town of Kutaisi from March 18 to April 3, 2020, in order to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Georgia.
Georgia’s Ministry of Health has given 30 artificial respirators to the Central Republican Hospital in Tbilisi, where patients with the new coronavirus - COVID-19 symptoms are under the observation of doctors.
Six Georgian textile companies have produced one million face masks in the last two weeks in an effort to help stem the spread of the new coronavirus. Two more companies will also start the production from Monday.
Georgian company Medifari, which produces facemasks, is negotiating with Italy, the United States, Russia, Austria and Israel to export face masks to these countries.
Local textile enterprise Ajara Textile is building its fourth factory in Georgia which will create 3,000 jobs in four months, announces the Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia who attended the event that marked the launch of the construction of the new factory.
“We are proud that many famous athletes across the world wear a uniform sewn with the inscription 'Made in Georgia’”, Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava said at the launch of the construction of a new textile factory in Rustavi today.
Georgia has reported 14 new cases of the coronavirus earlier today. Forty-four COVID-19 patients have recovered over the past 24 hours. Most of the patients who have recovered are Georgian soldiers who tested positive for the coronavirus while serving in the NATO Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan last month and were transported home for treatment.
Local textile enterprise Ajara Textile has built a new textile factory in Rustavi which will employ 4,000 people in Rustavi and Gardabani.