First case of South Africa Covid-19 variant confirmed in Georgia
The South African strain has been confirmed to a Georgian citizen with a travel history in Dubai. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has reported its first confirmed case of the South African coronavirus variant.
Head of the National Center for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said that the South African strain has been confirmed to a Georgian citizen with a travel history in Dubai.
In this case, we are talking about the B1351 strain, which was confirmed to a Georgian citizen with a history of travelling to Dubai. His/her clinical condition is satisfactory, and is already fully recovered", Gamkrelidze said.
Gamkrelidze added that the family members of the patient are tested negative for Covid-19.
There are currently multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants circulating globally, including the B1351 variant, which emerged in South Africa and was first detected in Georgia a few days ago. It has been found in at least 30 other countries since it was first detected in South Africa in October 2020.
Georgia has reported 1,233 new cases of coronavirus, 1,002 recoveries and 31 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Georgia has reported three cases of the UK coronavirus strain so far, said Head of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze earlier today.
Georgia has reported the new strain of coronavirus that originated in the United Kingdom earlier today.
Georgia has reported 1,233 new cases of coronavirus, 1,002 recoveries and 31 deaths in the past 24 hours.
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.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved the second Chinese Sinovac vaccine for emergency use in all countries, giving the green light for this vaccine to be rolled out globally, including in Georgia.
Georgia has reported 832 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting a total of 31,409 tests over the last 24 hours. Out of the 832 new cases 457 were reported in Tbilisi. Daily Covid-19 updates are now also available at a new bilingual webpage datacov.moh.gov.ge launched by the Georgian Health Ministry.