Georgia lifting several coronavirus restrictions

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. In the Black Sea resort town of Batumi restaurants will be opened on March 1, and from March 8 in the rest of Georgia.

Conferences and training sessions will be allowed again on March 1, and gyms will resume operations on March 15.

Private and public kindergartens will open on March 1. Once every two weeks, 20% of employees will have to do a Covid-19 test.

Shopping malls and markets will resume operations on weekends from March 8. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Higher and vocational schools will be able to resume clinical, practical, laboratory activities and conduct examinations in a non-distance format from March 1, and studies in lecture halls will resume March 15.

Museums and libraries will be opened on March 1.

Theatres, sport clubs, ensambles will be able to resume rehearsals on March 15, and fully resume activities (theatrical performances, sports competitions with spectator attendance) from April 1.

Shopping malls and markets will resume operations on weekends from March 8.

However, the restriction on movement will remain in force from 21:00 until 05:00.