Health Minister: Covid situation in Georgia “calm, fully manageable”
Azarashvili compared 100 daily confirmed cases on average from a week ago to the current figure of 500, adding those who required treatment in hospital or medications could receive the services. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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The epidemiological situation in Georgia is “calm” and “fully manageable” with no “sharp increase” in infection cases, Georgian Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili said on Monday.
Azarashvili compared 100 daily confirmed cases on average from a week ago to the current figure of 500, adding those who required treatment in hospital or medications could receive the services.
He also highlighted the Government had imported Paxlovid, a Covid-19 treatment medication by Pfizer, several months ago, and said there was “no reason” to introduce “any restrictions”, including the requirement of face masks.
Georgian health authorities reported 2,570 new cases of Covid-19 last week, with the figure for weekly confirmed cases over the weeks featuring an upward trend.
Amiran Gamkrelidze, the Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control, said last week the workload of hospitals was not high and amounted to seven to eight percent. He still highlighted the efficiency of vaccines available in Georgia and the importance of vaccination with the increase in cases in mind.
Georgian Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili, appointed to the post on December 27, has stated earlier today that the Georgian healthcare system is ‘fully mobilised and ready to face any challenges,’ if Omicron variant cases increase significantly.
Effectiveness of existing coronavirus vaccines available in Georgia and the importance of vaccination were pointed out by Amiran Gamkrelidze, the Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control, on Thursday, amid an increase in the daily number of Covid-19 cases in the country.
Georgian health authorities have registered 2,570 new cases of Covid-19 over the past week, with the figure including three deaths and 1,103 recoveries and marking an increase in confirmed cases of the virus in the country.
The Georgian Government paid for at least 40 percent of the empty beds at Covid clinics over the two years of the pandemic, with the expenses amounting to about ₾1 billion ($328mln/€310mln), Zurab Azarashvili, the Georgian Health Minister, said on Wednesday.
The pandemic situation in Georgia is under control, with figures for Covid-19-related deaths having not increased in the country over the last two weeks, Amiran Gamkrelidze, the Head of the National Centre for Disease Control, said on Thursday.