Georgia begins lifting several Covid-19 restrictions today

Representatives of various businesses are holding a protest rally in front of the administrative building of the government of Georgia demanding the coronavirus-related restrictions be lifted. Claiming that restaurants, hotels and winter resorts will fail to recover unless they reopen as soon as possible. The protesters say that therefore their businesses wil die out eventually. 

Couriers of delivery company Glovo have held a rally at the company office in Tbilisi complaining about working conditions and demanding an increase in salaries.

Shopping malls will open their doors starting February 1 with dressing rooms working and already sold products allowed to be exchanged as well, said Infrastructure Minister Maia Tskitishvili earlier today after a meeting with representatives of malls and shopping malls at the Chancellery of the Government of Georgia. 

Several coronavirus-related restrictions will be lifted in Georgia in February and in March, following a plan approved at today's Interagency Coordination Council meeting. Georgian Infrastructure Minister and the first Deputy Prime Minister Maia Tskitishvili said that since there are signs of an easing of the epidemiological situation in some regions of Georgia, there is also the possibility of lifting several restrictions.

About 200 restaurants in Georgia plan to resume operations on Saturday, February 6 despite the Covid-19 restrictions, announces the chairman of the Restaurant Association, Shota Burjanadze. He said that the decision was made today and additional details will be announced tomorrow.

Georgia has reported 583 new cases of coronavirus, 671 recoveries and 19 deaths in the past 24 hours. 

The Georgian government has announced the lifting of several coronavirus-related restrictions due to the decrease in daily infections. Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia stated earlier today that all public transport around the country will resume operations starting February 8, as well as open markets. Starting February 15 all food facilities, including restaurants will be able to provide their service only in open areas. 

Organisations that violate Covid-19 restrictions in Georgia will no longer be eligible to receive support from state programmes and will not receive state subsidies, announced Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia at today's government meeting.

Georgia has reported 538 new cases of coronavirus, 498 recoveries and 18 deaths in the past 24 hours. 5,488 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today. 16,808 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours around the country.9,163 of the 16,808 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 7,645 were PCR tests. Georgia has had 261,018 cases of coronavirus since February 2020. 252,246 of the 261,018  individuals have recovered, while 3,258 others have died.

Markets and public transport have resumed operations across Georgia starting today, however will be closed on weekends due to Covid-19 restrictions, announces the government of Georgia.

The Georgian government has announced the lifting of several coronavirus restrictions. Starting tomorrow ski resorts in Georgia will open, while cable cars will start operations on March 8. Also starting February 25, intercity traffic will resume in the country. The restaurants across Georgia will resume full service from the beginning of March. 

After a three-month pause, regular passenger train services will resume starting February 27 in Georgia, reports Georgian Railway.