Ksani No.15 prison inmate dies of coronavirus
Georgia has reported 1,800 new cases of coronavirus, 489 recoveries and 20 deaths in the past 24 hours. Photo: interpressnews.ge.
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An inmate in Ksani Penitentiary Facility No. 15 has died of coronavirus, Justice Minister Gocha Lortkipanidze said earlier today.
Lortkipanidze said the prisoner was transported to a hospital as soon as the symptoms of the coronavirus appeared, though doctors could not save the patient.
Lortkipanidze also said the patient’s health condition worsened on the seventh day after the symptoms of the coronavirus appeared.
Gocha Lortkipanidze mentioned that intensive testing of prisoners on Covid-19 is underway throughout the country.
All the test results of the prisoners from juvenile penitentiary facilities were negative, while 23 women were tested positive for Covid-9 at No. 5 Women’s Penitentiary Facility in Tbilisi.
We [the Ministry of Justice] are responsible for 9,000 prisoners and their families. There is no reason for concern”, said Lortkipanidze.
The inmates of No. 5 Women’s Penitentiary Facility were tested positive for the virus on January 3. They were placed in the prison’s quarantine zones.
Georgia has reported 1,800 new cases of coronavirus, 489 recoveries and 20 deaths in the past 24 hours. 14,839 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours around the country. 8,253 of the 14,839 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 6,586 were PCR tests. Georgia has had 233,879 cases of coronavirus since February 2020. 223,276 of the 233,879 individuals have recovered, while 2,666 others have died.
23 out of 329 female inmates have tested positive for coronavirus after conducting PCR tests at No. 5 penitentiary facility in Georgia. The Special Penitentiary Service has announced earlier today that all of the infected individuals have no specific symptoms and feel well. However, they are in quarantine now.
Georgia has reported 2,316 new cases of coronavirus, 382 recoveries and 18 deaths in the past 24 hours. 6,620 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today, while the figure stood at 20,393 on November 28, 2020 when the government imposed further restrictions to curb the spread of the virus until January 31, 2021. 14,511 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours around the country. 9,300 of the 14,511 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 5,211 were PCR tests.
A 101-year-old woman has recovered from coronavirus in the western Georgian town of Kutaisi. Tamara Pkhakadze is one of the 106,328 individuals who have defeated COVID-19 in Georgia so far. Expressing her gratitude to the hospital employees Tamara Pkhakadze said she feels very well now.
After Georgia receives the coronavirus vaccine, it will initially be available for elderly people in Georgia, said Deputy Health Minister of Georgia Tamar Gabunia earlier today.
Foreign Ministers of 13 member states of the European Union have called on the European Commission ‘to set up a support mechanism’ to allow the Eastern Partnership countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine - ‘secure early access to COVID-19 vaccine’. The letter initiated by Lithuania was signed by the FMs of Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden.
Four of 46 inmates checked for coronavirus on January 6 in Tbilisi tested positive, reports the Special Penitentiary Service.