Total confirmed cases of coronavirus increase to 75 in Georgia
As of now, the number of infected individuals stands at 63 in Georgia out of 75. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Two people have tested positive for the new coronavirus increasing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 75.
As of now, the number of infected individuals stands at 63 in Georgia out of 75, as two Austrian citizens have returned home via a chartered flight; while ten individuals have recovered.
Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia are in lockdown after a 62-year-old woman tested positive for COVID-19 and had contact with more than 80 locals.
Georgia has declared the state of emergency until April 21 aimed to counter the global coronavirus pandemic.
Georgia’s Agriculture Minister Levan Davitashvili has stated that products that are brought from Marneuli and Bolnisi quarantine zones in the country's east are ‘absolutely safe and harmless’ in terms of spread of the new coronavirus – COVID-19.
Five charter flights will be carried out by Georgian Airways to evacuate Georgian citizens from abroad amid the coronavirus outbreak. The flights will be carried out from Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, Greece and Cyprus by April 10, 2020.
The Tbilisi-based Lugar Lab is capable of identifying the origin of certain cases of COVID-19 per its genetic sequence.
The Emergency Management Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has set up a field hospital in Marneuli municipality in eastern Georgia today after a local, 62-year-old woman tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday, and who came into contact with more than 80 people and spent four days in a local hospital.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili wishes “a quick recovery” to Prince Charles, who has recently tested positive for the new coronavirus and is self-isolating in his home in Scotland.
Georgia will test locals of Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia with 1,000 rapid coronavirus tests, which provide results within an hour and a half. Eventually the country will have a total of 200,000 rapid coronavirus tests.
Georgia has reported two new cases of COVID-19 today, connected with the US and France. The total number of confirmed cases in Georgia stands at 77. 10 of the 77 have recovered, while two were Austrian citizens who have already left the country via a charter flight.