Authorities release Covid guidelines for Georgia's newly reopened mountain resorts
Winter resorts across Georgia resumed their full operation on Monday. Photo via Mountain Resorts Of Georgia.
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With Georgia's mountain resorts returning to their full operation starting today, authorities have released the set of visitor guidelines for minimising Covid-19-related risks.
Resorts like Bakuriani, which hosted the Ski Cross World Cup in the last week of February, Goderdzi and Gudauri restarted their chairlifts on Monday, with hotels serving their visitors open since February 25.
In line with the relaunch of full service, the regulations for visitors while using the chairlifts were also released and involve a number of points describing rules for maximum occupancy for seat types and other details.
For three- and four-seat lifts, no more than two persons will be allowed simultaneously, with the limit raised to three for six-seat types and gondolas. Families with children are exempted from the limitations.
All visitors will also be asked to keep a two-metre distance and wear face masks near cable cars and ski pass offices.
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.
The Ski Cross World Cup which kicked off in the Georgian ski resort of Bakuriani yesterday has hosted a finale today. “Accompanied by good weather today's finals were impressive!” Georgian Ski Federation wrote on Facebook.
As the number of coronavirus-infected individuals in Georgia has decreased over the past few weeks, the Georgian government has lifted several Covid-19 restrictions across the country today.
Georgia has reported 147 new cases of coronavirus, 193 recoveries and 15 deaths over the last 24 hours. A total of,7 823 tests have been conducted, including 3,613 rapid tests and 4,210 PCR tests. As of now, Georgia has confirmed a total of 272,998 cases of Covid-19 since last February, including 266,886 recoveries and 3,591 deaths; 2,495 people remain infected with coronavirus.
In order to find out what part of the Georgian population has already been infected with Covid-19, a new study will be launched starting today, announces the Head of Infectious Diseases and AIDS Centre Tengiz Tsertsvadze.
The Georgian government has revealed live performances at food venues will be permitted starting on Friday, while children's entertainment venues and cinema theatres will reopen on April 1.
Children’s entertainment venues, cinemas and theatres which have been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic reopened today after a year-long pause.
The 2021 winter season, which opened on March 8 and lasted just 49 days, is over in Georgia and the country’s most popular winter resorts hosted 134,183 visitors, announces the Ministry of Economy of Georgia.
A group of foreign mountaineers has been rescued and evacuated to Tbilisi after getting trapped in an avalanche at Mkinvartsveri peak in Kazbegi region of Georgia, Radio Liberty Georgian service reports. Mayor of Kazbegi municipality Alexandre Zagashvili stated that only one injured mountaineer required medical assistance, noting that ‘her life is not in danger.’