4th day of quarantine at Marneuli, Bolnisi Municipalities
100 individuals have already been tested for the virus. One among them, a pregnant woman from Bolnisi municipality, has tested positive for the virus earlier today. Photo: The Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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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 Ministry of Health started testing locals in Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities yesterday with the help of rapid tests.
100 individuals have already been tested for the virus. One among them, a pregnant woman from Bolnisi municipality, has tested positive for the virus earlier today.
Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze said the woman is a relative of the 62-year-old woman from Marneuli municipality, who also tested positive for the virus on March 22.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and Defense Forces constantly monitor the bypass roads to ensure a safe environment in the villages of Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities, which were placed under lockdown on March 23 after a local, 62-year-old woman tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Six stationary and one mobile checkpoints were set up yesterday to monitor the bypass roads of Bolnisi and Marneuli municipalities. Also, solid iron barriers have been installed to enhance security. Photo: MIA.
The National Food Agency has started disinfection on the streets of Marneuli and nearby villages. The work will continue throughout the municipality in the coming days as well”, said Tamaz Naveriani, the majoritarian MP of the ruling Georgian Dream party in Marneuli earlier today.
The National Food Agency has started disinfection on the streets of Marneuli and nearby villages. Photo: The Ministry of Agriculture.
As of now, there is no problem in terms of supplying products to supermarket chains in Bolnisi and Marneuli municipalities.
Movement inside the municipality is strongly monitored. Locals are able to carry out agricultural work only in line with strict rules.
Local media and the press are working in an ordinary regime, while the Georgian Public Broadcaster provides information for the media outlets in the country about the situation in the municipalities.
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has reached 79 in Georgia, with 10 people having recovered since the beginning of the outbreak.
4,055 people in Georgia are under quarantine and 252 others are in hospitals.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Twenty-one of 25 infected ambulance doctors around the country are from Bolnisi municipality in eastern Georgia, which is inhabited mostly by ethnic minorities.