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Curfew in Georgia pushed back to 11 p.m.

Georgia first imposed curfew due to coronavirus in March 2020. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 17 May 2021 - 13:53, Tbilisi,Georgia

The Georgian government has decided to shorten the curfew from between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. to between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.

Public transport will also work until 11 p.m.

Restaurants and cafes will be able to receive consumers in their open spaces throughout the week.

Earlier they were unable to receive consumers on the weekend.

Georgia first imposed curfew in March 2020.

The country has reported 504 new cases of coronavirus, 2,038 recoveries and 27 deaths in the past 24 hours.

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