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Public transport, in-person studies suspension extended in Georgia

The Georgian government has prolonged coronavirus restrictions. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 31 Aug 2021 - 14:48, Tbilisi,Georgia

Public transport in all big cities of Georgia, which was scheduled to resume on September 4, will not work until September 13, while in-person studies have been postponed until October 4 in the country to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Georgia reports 4,778 new cases of Covid of 43,741 tests

Inter-city transport will continue to operate.

Between September 15 and October 4 at least all public schools, universities and vocational education facilities around the country will offer online lessons, while kindergartners, both public and private, will be closed.

Gov’t imposes three-week coronavirus restrictions, public transport won’t work

Georgia has reported 4,778 new cases of coronavirus, 4,753 recoveries and 79 deaths in the past 24 hours.

48,963 individuals are currently infected with Covid-19 in Georgia.

Georgian health officials have warned several times that they will not recommend in-person studies until new cases of coronavirus will seriously decrease and at least 80 per cent of school personnel are vaccinated.

The Georgian Education Ministry says that after October 4 in-person studies will resume only in cities and settlements where the infection rate will be under four per cent.

46 percent of Georgian teachers have been fully vaccinated as of August 30.

1,184,306 individuals have received at least one dose of the vaccine in the country so far, of which 393,764 individuals have been completely vaccinated.

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Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze has stated that Covid-19 deaths in the past one week in Georgia and worldwide outnumbered the most common individuals causes of death such as cardiovascular diseases, ischemic heart diseases, stroke and tumors.

Restaurants, cafes, bars to be able to operate until 22:00 instead of 23:00 in Georgia

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Food facilities and bars will only be allowed to work in Georgia until 22:00 instead of 23:00, announces Chief of the Operational Staff of the Interagency Coordination Council Giorgi Gibradze. He added that strict control over the implementation of the imposed regulations in relation to food outlets will continue.

Georgia reports 4,778 new cases of Covid of 43,741 tests

31 Aug 2021

Georgia has reported 4,778 new cases of coronavirus, 4,753 recoveries and 79 deaths in the past 24 hours. 48,963 remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia. 43,741 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 31,605 of the 43,741 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 12,136 were PCR tests. The country has had 549,811 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020.

Education Ministry: 46% of teachers fully vaccinated in Georgia

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Forty-six per cent of teachers have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in Georgia as of August 31, the Ministry of Education and Science told Interpressnews agency today. Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze said on August 27 that if 80% of Georgian teachers are not fully-vaccinated, the Interagency Coordination Council will not recommend opening schools.

Georgia reports 3,886 new cases of coronavirus, 4,103 recoveries, 74 deaths

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Georgia has reported 3,886 new cases of coronavirus, 4,103 recoveries and 74 deaths in the past 24 hours. In total, 52,162 tests have been conducted around the country of which 30,129 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 22,033 were PCR tests. Currently 48,672 individuals remain infected with Covid-19. Since February 26, 2020 Georgia has had 553,697 cases of coronavirus, 497,517 recoveries and 7,482 deaths.

Coronavirus daily deaths hit record high of 81 in Georgia

02 Sep 2021

Georgia has reported 81 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours which is a record high figure since the country confirmed its first case of Covid-19 at the end of February 2020. In the past 24 hours the country reported 3,212 new cases of coronavirus and 5,017 recoveries. In total, 40,435 tests have been conducted around the country of which 24,334 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 16,101 were PCR tests.

Health official: Covid-19 mortality rate in Georgia is not result of incorrect treatment

03 Sep 2021

Director of Tbilisi Infectious Disease Hospital Marina Ezugbaia stated that the current coronavirus mortality rate in Georgia is the result of an increased number of coronavirus daily cases and not the incorrect treatment of patients. Georgia has reported 86 deaths in the last 24 hours which is the highest daily coronavirus mortality rate recorded. A total of 7,649 people have died in Georgia since the beginning of the pandemic out of which 1,631 individuals died in August.

Covid-19 deaths in fully vaccinated individuals stand at three in Georgia

03 Sep 2021

The death toll in completely vaccinated people stands at three in Georgia, head of Georgia's National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze said today. He stated that Covid-19 has become the number one cause of death both in Georgia and worldwide.

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Head of the National Center for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze has called on politicians running for local seats in the October 2 municipal elections to promote coronavirus vaccination in their election campaign. "The main slogan [of the parties] during the election campaign should be [aimed at encouraging the public] to get vaccinated”, Gamkrelidze has told journalists.

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Public transport in all large Georgian cities will resume operations from September 13 while sports competitions in the country will be held without spectators in attendance, Chief of the Operational Staff of the Interagency Coordination Council Giorgi Gibradze announced today. The Georgian government imposed a three-week-long restrictions on August 12 as the new cases of coronavirus and daily deaths started to hit record numbers.

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Public transport resume operations in Georgia

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Public transport in all large Georgian cities have resumed operations from today, while other regulations such as wearing face masks in open and closed spaces, holding sports competitions without spectators and online studies remain in force. In order to curb the spread of coronavirus the Georgian government imposed the above coronavirus restrictions on August 12.