Coronavirus: five more infections bring case number to 54, with three cured
The medical director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia told journalists today that the first three individuals have recovered. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia has reported five new cases of the coronavirus, increasing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 54.
However, the medical director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia told journalists today that the first three individuals have recovered.
As of today 2,956 individuals are under quarantine in Georgia, while 291 others are under medical observation at hospitals, based on www.stopcov.ge - a website aimed to inform the population of the spread of the COVID-19 and its prevention.
Meanwhile, yesterday Georgia declared a state of emergency to prevent the spread of the coronavirus until April 21.
Ten individuals from the Georgian regions of Imereti, Samegrelo, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti have been placed under quarantine for violating self-isolation rules aimed to prevent the spread of the COVID-19. As of today, there are a total of 190 individuals under the mandatory quarantine in Georgia.
With 115 votes in favour and zero against, the parliament of Georgia has approved the declaration of a state of emergency until April 21 aimed to counter the global coronavirus pandemic. Addressing the legislators prior to the voting, President Zurabishvili said that the state of emergency imposes only “essential restrictions, not the extreme ones”.
39 individuals from the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, Imereti, Samegrelo, Kakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Shida Kartli, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Guria and Adjara regions have been placed under mandatory quarantine within the last 24 hours for violating self-isolation rules to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili said in her address to the nation today that the declaration of the state of emergency aims to counter the coronavirus pandemic.
Georgia declares a state of emergency to prevent the spread of the coronavirus until April 21. Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said at a news briefing today that no more than ten people will be allowed to gather during this time.
Eight patients have recovered from COVID-19 in Georgia in total, with five of them already leaving Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Diseases, director of the hospital Marina Ezugbaia said.
Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia have been placed under lockdown after a local, 62-year-old woman tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday after coming into contact with more than 80 people and spending four days in a local hospital. The two municipalities have more than 158,000 people total.How the woman contracted the virus is as of yet unknown. Her health condition is critical.
Georgian communication agencies have created posters encouraging the Georgian population to stay home to counter the global coronavirus pandemic. "Let's take #Stayhomicillin and we will definitely survive", BRID wrote on its Facebook.
Sixty-six cases of coronavirus have been reported in Georgia starting February 26, 2020. Nine of the 66 have recovered. No deaths have been reported in the country so far. Director of Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Diseases Marina Ezugbaia confirmed five new cases of coronavirus earlier today, stating that the new patients contracted the virus after travelling to the US. 'All of them were in self-isolation,” she said.