Epidemiologists, doctors monitoring health conditions of Marneuli population on lockdown due to virus fears
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Epidemiologists and doctors are monitoring the population of Marneuli municipality in eastern Georgia, which has been placed under lockdown after a local, 62-year-old woman tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Starting nine o’clock today, epidemiologists and doctors have been monitoring the health conditions of [Marneuli] residents,” said Eter Laperadze, the Head of the Marneuli Municipality Center for Disease Control and Public Health earlier today.
She said that the direct contacts of the infected woman were checked yesterday and only one of them had a moderate temperature and has already been self-isolated.
The woman may have come into direct or indirect contact with as many as 1,700 people in the run up to her diagnosis with coronavirus.
This is the second day that Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia have been placed under lockdown.
Twelve checkpoints have been set up in Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia on major roads yesterday in order to monitor traffic in the region.
Only local residents are allowed to enter the area, however they are not allowed to leave the area for two weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
The two municipalities have more than 158,000 people total.
Georgia has reported a new case of the coronavirus in the afternoon, bringing the total number of confirmed cases inside the country to 67, including nine individuals who have recovered. As of now Georgia has 56 patients infected with COVID-19. 4,055 people in Georgia are under quarantine and 252 others are in hospitals.
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.
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported that 12 checkpoints have been set up in Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia on major roads earlier today in order to control traffic in the region. Only local residents are allowed to enter the area, however they are not allowed to leave the area for two weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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.
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