Tbilisi school No. 161 partially moves online after 8 teachers test positive for Covid-19
Teachers are being tested at schools regularly to avoid the further spread of coronavirus. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Eight teachers at public school No. 161 in Tbilisi have tested positive for coronavirus and so the school is moving to a partial distance learning mode.
Deputy Education Minister Ekaterine Dgebuadze has announced earlier today that the virus was confirmed following the regular testing, the school administration immediately addressed the local healthcare facility.
When infection is reported there is a timely response and we do not have to close the school completely”, Dgebuadze said noting that there are cases when only specific classrooms switch to distance learning in Georgia.
Georgia has reported 133 new cases of coronavirus, 276 recoveries and 12 deaths in the past 24 hours. 10,678 tests have been conducted around the country including 5,456 rapid tests and 5,222 PCR tests.
Meanwhile, Georgia is expected to receive the first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine via the Covax platform this month. Vaccination will start with the AstraZeneca vaccine, in addition, the Covax platform has also offered Georgia the new American vaccine from Johnson & Johnson.
The first flow of vaccinated tourists will appear in Georgia in the second half of March, Economy Minister Natia Turnava said earlier today.
Azerbaijani low-cost Buta Airways will start to operate a Baku-Tbilisi-Baku flight three times a week starting in mid-March, Economy Minister Natia Turnava said earlier today. Other low-cost companies which will start operating flights in Georgia from mid-March are Kazakh air carriers Air Astana and FlyArystan.
In order to effectively manage public debt, the Georgian government is preparing for the issuance of a new Eurobond, announces Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
Georgia has reported 133 new cases of coronavirus, 276 recoveries and 12 deaths in the past 24 hours.10,678 tests have been conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 5,456 of the 10,678 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 5,222 were PCR tests. The country has had 271,872 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. 266,081 of the 271, 872 have recovered, while 3,553 have died of the virus. As of today 2,212 individuals remain infected with Covid-19.
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