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Alleged triple Covid-19 case in Georgia not officially confirmed

Doctor in Tbilisi stated yesterday that his patient allegedly contracted Covid-19 three times. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 20 Aug 2021 - 12:32, Tbilisi,Georgia

It has not been laboratory confirmed that an individual in Georgia has contracted Covid-19 three times, Head of Infectious Diseases and AIDS Centre Tengiz Tsertsvadze stated earlier today, following earlier reports to the effect.

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Doctor Revaz Mechurchlishvili said yesterday that his patient allegedly contracted Covid-19 three times.

We have several cases of an individual having contracted the virus twice. However, the Lugar Lab has not yet confirmed that this individual contracted it thrice,” Tsertsvadze said.

Georgia has reported 4,743 new cases of coronavirus,3,393 recoveries and 59 deaths earlier today.

More than 57,000 individuals remain infected mostly with the Delta variant of coronavirus in Georgia.

Coronavirus cases began to surge in Georgia starting July.

The government was forced to return several restrictions, including mandatory wearing of facemasks both indoors and outdoors.

Public transport has been stopped and large events were prohibited in the country including September 3.

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