Georgia reports 18 cases of Indian Covid-19 variant
Georgia reported the first five cases of Indian strain on May 27. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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.
There are 18 laboratory-confirmed cases of Indian strain, which means that the Indian variant of Covid-19 has started to spread in Georgia”, said Imnadze.
Georgia reported the first five cases of Indian strain on May 27.
The coronavirus variant, which was first detected in India, has now been officially recorded in over 53 territories worldwide.
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.
WHO Europe Director Hans Kluge said during a news briefing on May 20 that authorised vaccines in the US and Europe ‘appear to be effective against variants of the disease’.
A study by Public Health England found that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was 88 per cent effective against symptomatic disease from the Indian variant two weeks after the second dose, while two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were 60 per cent effective against symptomatic disease from the Indian variant.
From April 15, despite Covid vaccine passports, all Indian visitors entering Georgia will be required to present PCR test results from the proceeding 72 hours. After entering Georgia, individuals coming from India (regardless of their citizenship) will have to undergo mandatory 14-day quarantine, which should be financed by their own budget.
Georgia has reported the new strain of coronavirus that originated in the United Kingdom earlier today.
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 and sent to isolation.
Individuals who have been in the United Kingdom in the last two weeks will be placed under a 12-day quarantine when entering Georgia.
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.