Rapid COVID-19 tests to be used for high risk groups
1000 rapid coronavirus tests have already been provided to Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Rapid coronavirus tests will be used for people in high risk groups and who display symptoms after testing is carried out in Marneuli and Bolnisi, two regions in eastern Georgia under lockdown.
Deputy Minister of Health Tamar Gabunia said that rapid coronavirus tests will not be used if a person does not present with symptoms.
She noted that these rapid coronavirus tests take 1.5-2 hours.
1000 rapid coronavirus tests have already been provided to Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia.
Georgia will have 3,000 rapid coronavirus tests by the end of this week and an additional 5,000 next week.
In total, Georgia will have a total of 200,000 rapid coronavirus tests from China.
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.
As of now 65 in Georgia remain infected with the virus, five are children.
4,055 people in Georgia are under quarantine and 252 others are in hospitals.
Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia are in lockdown.
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.
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.
Medics in the Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities of eastern Georgia have checked 20,000 individuals for suspicious symptoms of the coronavirus, of which 25 have been found to have a fever.
Drones from the Emergency Management Service are being used by agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia to monitor the Marneuli quarantined zone in country's east.
A pregnant woman from Bolnisi Municipality in Eastern Georgia has tested positive for coronavirus today; she is the close relative of a 62-year-old patient from Marneuli municipality, who also tested positive for the virus on March 22.
Medics have checked 35,000 individuals in the municipality of Marneuli for suspicious symptoms of COVID-19 in eastern Georgia, identifying some individuals with suspicious symptoms who will be observed by medics to make sure they are healthy.
The eleventh individual has recovered from the new coronavirus in Georgia out of the 79 confirmed cases. A month after February 26 when the first individual had tested positive for COVID-19, the country now has 66 infected people.
Thirteen individuals have recovered from coronavirus in Georgia. Since February 26, 2020 Georgia has had 81 confirmed cases of the virus. Two were foreign citizens who left the country earlier this month via a charter flight. As of now there are 66 patients in the country infected with the virus, including several minors. The health condition of all minors is stable.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has trained over 200 professionals in Georgia to strengthen the fight against COVID-19, announces the US Embassy in Georgia.
The Georgian Ministry of Health will import 50,000 PCR (rapid polymerase chain reaction) antigen tests from South Korea in early May. The rapid tests, produced by the South Korean company SD Biosensor allows to detect specific antigens to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Six of 1,000 Tbilisi residents were found to have coronavirus antibodies, head of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Tengiz Tsertsvadze said earlier today.
10 out of 1,068 residents have coronavirus antibodies
A total of 1,068 residents of the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi took part in a research conducted by Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital and 10 residents were found to have coronavirus antibodies, reports Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital.