111-year-old woman recovers from Covid-19 in Georgia
111-year-old Leonila Gvajava will be discharged from hospital later today. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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111-year-old Georgian woman Leonila Gvajava has recovered from coronavirus and will leave Tbilisi Republican Hospital later today, doctors say.
They said that the woman, who was placed in the hospital along with her 80-year-old daughter, ‘was very determined to defeat the virus and has completed the full course of treatment.’
Her daugher is in stable condition.
Georgia has reported 1,120 new cases of coronavirus of 16,149 tests, 4,905 recoveries and 61 deaths in the past 24 hours.
38,391 people are infected with Covid-19 in the country at the time of publication.
A total of 2,210 individuals have tested positive for Covid-19 after conducting 28,025 tests over the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, 74 infected individuals have died, while 5,587 patients have recovered from the coronavirus.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili says that Mtavari Arkhi TV, which used his ID number to register Garibashvili for the second shot of the coronavirus vaccine without his consent, ‘is shameful’. “Yesterday Mtavari Arkhi TV committed yet another lie and provocation… They used my ID number and registered me for the second shot of [the coronavirus] vaccine without my consent ”, Garibashvili said.
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.
Georgia has reported a total of 2,684 new cases of Covid-19, 2,695 recoveries and 83 deaths over the last 24 hours. As of now the number of total confirmed cases of Covid-19 stands at 562,627 in Georgia, including 509,181 recoveries, 7,732 deaths and 45,688 active cases.
Georgia has reported 1,120 new cases of coronavirus, 4,905 recoveries and 61 deaths in the past 24 hours.
A total of 480,613 people are completely vaccinated in Georgia which amounts to 16.8 per cent of the country’s adult population as of September 6, Georgia's National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announces. 845,420 individuals (29.6 per cent of the country's adult population) have received at least one dose of vaccine.
Georgia has reported 1,965 new cases of coronavirus, 3,996 recoveries and 50 deaths in the past 24 hours. 36,310 remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia. 25,624 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 18,740 of the 25,624 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 6,884 were PCR tests.
The government of Georgia has decided to introduce a 2.8 million GEL lottery in order to encourage citizens to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The lottery will start on September 13 and will be drawn on a daily basis on the website www.stopcov.lotto.ge at 12:00 p.m. until the end of the year, offering 100 and 500 GEL prizes.
Georgia will receive 100,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine donated by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on September 11, Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze has stated today.
Georgian health officials have warned the public that the next wave of Covid-19 will be ‘critically dangerous’ for unvaccinated individuals above 60.