President Zurabishvili visits checkpoint in quarantined Marneuli municipality
A total of 12 checkpoints have been set up in Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia on major roads in order to control traffic in the region. Photo: President of Georgia's press office
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Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili visited a checkpoint at the entrance of the Marneuli municipality which is under quarantine for the seventh day now.
President Zurabishvili thanked police, military servicemen and healthcare professionals for their nonstop fight against the coronavirus.
At the Marneuli checkpoint today. Since the municipality was placed under #quarantine last week, our Armed Forces, @MIAofGeorgia and the Ministry of Health have been working nonstop to ensure the safety of everyone, in and out of the region. Thank you to each one of you. pic.twitter.com/7bJyocAZB9
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) March 29, 2020
Calling on citizens to be more careful, Zurabishvili said the violation of the safety norms might be dangerous for the entire country.
We are now starting a new level of the fight when all of us should be cautious and acknowledge that we are all responsible for one another’s heath”, President Zurabishvili stated.
Only local residents are allowed to enter the municipality, however they are not allowed to leave the area for two weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Photo: Defence Ministry press office
A total of 12 checkpoints have been set up in Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia on major roads in order to control traffic in the region.
Both municipalities were placed under lockdown late at night on March 22 after a 62-year-old woman from Marneuli tested positive for COVID-19.
Starting today, public transport has been suspended in the western Georgian region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti to counter the further spread of COVID-19. Joint groups of police, military servicemen and healthcare professionals will monitor residents to enforce state of emergency regulations.
Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said today that two sources of COVID-19 transmission out of the 85 confirmed cases could not be identified. Calling on everyone to stay home, he said “social distancing is the most powerful weapon" against the coronavirus.
The United States Government is providing $1.1 million assistance to Georgia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will help prepare laboratory systems, activate case-finding and event-based surveillance, support technical experts for response and preparedness, bolster risk communication and more
Police have fined a total of 125 individuals for violating the state of emergency rules in Georgia during the last 24 hours. The Georgian Interior Ministry calls on the population to follow the rules of the state of emergency.
One more individual has tested positive for the new coronavirus in Georgia, bringing total confirmed cases to 91. Medical director of Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Diseases Marina Ezugbaia said s/he had returned from England and was self-isolating until now.
Georgian Defence Force servicemembers are ensuring quarantine conditions in eastern Georgia's Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities using equipment provided by partners from the United States and Germany.
An additional police checkpoint will be set up in the village of Kvemo Bolnisi in Bolnisi Municipality which is under quarantine for the tenth day now. The Georgian Interior Ministry announced today that this aims to ensure the enforcement of “significantly tough measures” imposed during the state of emergency.
Servicemembers of the Georgian Defence Forces have screened over 950,000 citizens at checkpoints across the country in an effort to monitor health conditions of those travelling on roads amid the new coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Defence of Georgia reported on Tuesday.