One new confirmed case brings total COVID-19 cases to 91 in Georgia
Health officials call on everyone to stay home to prevent the further spread of the virus. Photo: Defence Ministry press office
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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.
As of now, a total of 18 individuals have recovered, 71 remain at various hospitals throughout the country, while two foreigners out of the total 91 have departed to their country.
Photo: Interior Ministry press office
Georgia has declared the state of emergency until April 21 aimed to counter the global coronavirus pandemic.
Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities in eastern Georgia remain under lockdown after a 62-year-old woman from Marneuli tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Starting today, public transport has been suspended in the western Georgian region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti to counter the further spread of COVID-19.
Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze has called on everyone to stay home, he said “social distancing is the most powerful weapon" against the coronavirus.
The Tbilisi TV tower lit up with the colors of the Spanish flag as a sign of support and solidarity with Spain in the fight against the new coronavirus. Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani wrote on Twitter that Tbilisi is “in solidarity with its Spanish friends”.
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.
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.
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.
Georgia has reported seven new cases of coronavirus earlier today, with the total number of confirmed cases standing at 98. 78 of the 98 are active cases, as 18 have recovered and two were foreign citizens who have already left the country.4,978 are under quarantine and 266 others in hospitals.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has announced a nationwide curfew starting tomorrow at 8 a.m, ‘to effectively contain the spread of coronavirus in Georgia’. Speaking at a special briefing earlier today, Gakharia said that the government has made ‘fast, brave and effective’ decisions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, that is why the country has only had 100 confirmed cases of the virus since February 2020, including 18 recovered.
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.