25 Tbilisi kindergartens closed due to Covid cases since start of March
The kindergarten venues will be reopened after disinfection and mandatory self-isolation period. Photo: Nino Alavidze/agenda.ge.
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Confirmed Covid-19 cases have resulted in shutdown of 25 kindergartens in Tbilisi since March 1, while their facilities and staff are being prepared for reopening after self-isolation, Tbilisi City Hall has revealed.
In an update the city authority said eight of the kindergartens had remained shuttered with the March 1 reopening of venues across the city, while 17 others had closed since then due to cases of the virus.
Professionals are working to disinfect the facilities during the mandatory self-isolation period that follows confirmed cases, and authorities plan to reopen the venues thereafter.
The city hall also said kindergarten staff had been tested between February 25-March 1, with a fifth of the personnel tested using the PCR tests and the rest using the antigen testing.
Further testing of kindergarten staff following the reopening is planned to be done every two weeks. The city hall update said all venues kept "strictly" to Covid guidelines established by the health ministry.
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.
Kindergartens have opened today throughout Georgia except for in the Adjara region and Ozurgeti municipality where kindergartens are still closed amid severe epidemiological situations.
Kindergartens will close in Tbilisi starting tomorrow, said Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze earlier today.
Forty-two kindergartens have been closed in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi since October 12 after teachers and kindergarteners tested positive for the coronavirus.
Georgia has reported 344 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting a total of 32,090 tests over the last 24 hours. Out of the 344 new cases 188 were reported in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
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.