Georgia reports five cases of Indian Covid-19 variant
All of the five individuals who had arrived in Georgia from one and the same country have been identified and sent to isolation. Photo: Interior Ministry press office/archive
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Georgia has reported five cases of the Indian variant of Covid-19, the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) announces.
It further says that the five travellers, who have tested positive for the Indian variant, have been identified.
Head of NCDC Amiran Gamkrelidze has told journalists that all of them had travelled to Middle East but arrived in Georgia at different times in mid-May.
Three foreign citizens have already left te country, while two two Georgian citizens have been sent to isolation.
Head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus has tweeted earleir today that the pandemic won't be over 'until and unless transmission is under control in every last country':
More #COVID19 cases have been reported this year than in the whole of 2020. No country should assume it's out of the woods, no matter its vaccination rate. The pandemic is not over, and it won't be until and unless transmission is under control in every last country. #WHA74 pic.twitter.com/gpXhNf7WQF
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) May 27, 2021
The coronavirus variant, which was first detected in India, has now been officially recorded in 53 territories worldwide, including Georgia.
As of now there are four mutations classed of Covid-19 as variants of concern: those first reported in Britain, South Africa, Brazil and India.
Georgia reported the strain of coronavirus that originated in the United Kingdom back in January.
Based on WHO data, there have been 168,040,871 confirmed cases of Covid-19, including 3,494,758 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, Georgia has reported 508 new cases of coronavirus, 1,481 recoveries and 17 deaths.
Georgia has reported the new strain of coronavirus that originated in the United Kingdom earlier today.
Georgia has reported 508 new cases of coronavirus, 1,481 recoveries and 17 deaths in the past 24 hours. 24,358 tests have been conducted around the country on the weekend. 12,320 of the 24,358 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 12,038 were PCR tests. The country has had 340,838 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. 3.77 per cent of tested individuals had Covid-19 in the past 14 days.
The Indian Covid-19 strain has not yet been laboratory-confirmed in Georgia, though studies are underway in the Lugar Laboratory of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) , said Head of NCDC Amiran Gamkrelidze.
The UK variant of the coronavirus now accounts for 80% of Covid-19 cases in Georgia, says Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze.
Georgia has reported 1,056 new cases of coronavirus, 1,071 recoveries and 28 deaths in the past 24 hours. 38,921 tests have been conducted around the country on the weekend. 26,713 of the 38,921 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 12,208 were PCR tests. The country has had 341,894 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. 3.68 per cent of tested individuals had Covid-19 in the past 14 days.
Georgia has reported 986 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting a total of 43,286 tests over the last 24 hours. Out of the 986 new cases 535 were reported in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
Georgia has reported 723 new cases of the coronavirus after conducting 11,062 PCR tests and 14,238 rapid tests over the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, 1,407 individuals have recovered, while 18 infected patients have died.
Georgia has reported 18 cases of Indian variant of Covid-19, the Deputy Head of the National Centre for Disease Control Paata Imnadze said today.
Two new confirmed cases of the Indian strain of Covid-19 virus have been identified in Georgia, National Centre for Disease Control head Amiran Gamkrelidze said on Saturday.
A newborn transferred from occupied Abkhazia to Tsitsishvili Children’s Clinic in Tbilisi has tested positive for the Delta Covid-19 variant. Director of the clinic Davit Rekhviashvili says currently there are three newborn children with respiratory complications in the clinic who have tested positive for coronavirus.