Police fine 7 for violating state of emergency
Georgia declared a state of emergency on March 21 to prevent the spread of COVID-19 until April 21. Failure to comply with the state of emergency results in administrative and criminal liability. Photo: Shot from Interior Ministry video
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Police have fined seven individuals for violating the state of emergency rules in the Georgian regions of Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Kvemo Kartli, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Adjara and Kakheti.
In particular, six individuals were fined with 3,000 GEL for violating self-isolation rules aimed to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
All of them have been placed under a mandatory 14-day quarantine.
Yet another individual was fined with 3,000 GEL for transporting passengers on a minibus between the towns, which is banned under the state of emergency in Georgia.
The Georgian Interior Ministry released a video footage, showing police taking individuals to quarantine:
Georgia declared a state of emergency on March 21 to prevent the spread of COVID-19 until April 21.
Failure to comply with the state of emergency results in administrative and criminal liabilities:
- a fine of 3,000 GEL for individuals and 15,000 GEL for legal entities;
- repeat offence is punishable by three years in prison.
Police have fined 3 individuals for violating self-isolation rules in Georgia’s western Imereti, Guria regions and in Eastern Mtskheta-Mtianeti region today.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has praised the efforts of the Georgian government against the coronavirus, saying that the country is coping with the virus successfully. Stoltenberg phoned Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani to relay this message and say that the NATO foreign ministerial on April 3-4 will be held in a restricted manner, Georgian Foreign Ministry said. “NATO stands by the Georgian government and its people in the fight against the coronavirus,” the foreign ministry cited Stoltenberg as saying.
US Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan has praised the Georgian government for its ‘proactive steps’ to contain the spread of COVID-19 virus. “These are challenging times, and we are all trying to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe and healthy. We at the U.S. Embassy are particularly grateful for the pro-active efforts of the government of Georgia, including the NCDC, the PM, the president, almost every ministry, and parliament, doing their best to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus and minimize its impacts”, she said.
A new hospital has opened in the village of Rukhi located about a kilometre from Enguri Bridge, which connects Russia-occupied Abkhazia with the rest of Georgia. Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said the new hospital will offer qualitative care to people living on both sides of the occupation line.
Two more individuals have recovered from the new coronavirus in Georgia out of the 90 confirmed cases in the country, increasing the number of recovered individuals to sixteen.
Two minor patients have recovered from COVID-19 in Georgia increasing the total number of recovered individuals in the country to 18. 70 infected individuals out of the total 90 remain at various hospitals throughout the country.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has registered 131 cases of violations of the state of emergency during the last 24 hours throughout Georgia.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has registered 421 new violations of the state of emergency regulations and curfew during the last 24 hours throughout the country.
Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze has urged people, parishioners, to stay home and pray to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. “As clerics frequently say and I also believe in this, God is omnipresent. We have the opportunity to stay home and pray and clerics will pray for us from churches”, Tikaradze said earlier today. Deputy Head of the National Disease Control Centre Paata Imnadze also urged parishioners to stay home and through doing so “protect the church and the whole country.”
All four checkpoints between Georgia and Azerbaijan will remain closed until April 20 per measures taken by Azerbaijan to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus, the Georgian Foreign Ministry reported earlier today.