PM Garibashvili tests positive for coronavirus
The prime minister’s press office says Garibashvili feels well, is in self-isolation at home and continues to work remotely. Photo: newsreport.ge.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has tested positive for coronavirus.
The prime minister’s press office says Garibashvili feels well, is in self-isolation at home and continues to work remotely.
Georgia has reported 897 new cases of coronavirus, 196 recoveries and 10 deaths in the past 24 hours.
1,892 patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals as of today, while 9,857 are in self-isolation.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has tested positive for coronavirus. FM Zalkaliani has wrote on Facebook earlier today that on January 23 he went into self-isolation after contact with an infected individual. He tested positive following a PCR test.
Head of the National Disease Control Centre (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze has tested positive for COVID-19, interpressnews (IPN) reports.
Georgian Minister of Environment Protection and Agriculture Levan Davitashvili has tested positive for coronavirus. The press office of the ministry announces that Davitashvili feels well and will continue treatment at home.
Former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, who resigned in December 2015, has returned to politics as the political secretary of the Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party, announces the party’s secretary general and mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has gone into self-isolation, announces the Presidential Administration of Georgia.
A week following Orthodox Easter on May 4-11 has been declared public holiday in Georgia to curb the possible spread of the coronavirus. The interagency commission led by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has also given out the recommendation to employers to move to remote work.
Georgia has reported 707 new cases of coronavirus, 592 recoveries and eight deaths over the last 24 hours. As of now the number of total confirmed cases of Covid-19 stands at 288,396 in Georgia.This includes 277,303 recoveries, 3,877 deaths and 7,190 active cases of the infection.
Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze has tested positive for coronavirus. Employees of the ministry with whom Tikaradze had contact during the last days have moved to self-isolation.
Georgia's prime minister Irakli Garibashvili received his Covid-19 vaccine dose on Sunday, opting for a Pfizer jab in Tbilisi while also urging his fellow citizens to vaccinate.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili says that Mtavari Arkhi TV, which used his ID number to register Garibashvili for the second shot of the coronavirus vaccine without his consent, ‘is shameful’. “Yesterday Mtavari Arkhi TV committed yet another lie and provocation… They used my ID number and registered me for the second shot of [the coronavirus] vaccine without my consent ”, Garibashvili said.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has once again called on citizens to get vaccinated. Irakli Garibashvili spoke with journalists in the western Georgian town of Baghdati, Imereti region, where he was holding meetings with the party supporters ahead of the October 30 municipal run-offs.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili tested positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus late on Monday, the government administration announced.