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COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (country) | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Georgia |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Tbilisi |
Arrival date | 26 February 2020 (4 years, 3 months and 22 days) |
Confirmed cases | 1,863,101 [1] |
Recovered | 1,828,437 (updated 23 July 2023) [2] |
Deaths | 17,150 [1] |
Fatality rate | 0.92% |
Government website | |
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The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Georgia when its first case was confirmed in Tbilisi on 26 February 2020. [3]
All flights from China and Wuhan to Tbilisi International Airport were cancelled until 27 January.[ needs update ] The Health Ministry announced that all arriving passengers from China would be screened. Georgia also temporarily shut down all flights to Iran. [4]
On 26 February, Georgia confirmed its first COVID-19 case. A 50-year-old man, who returned to Georgia from Iran, was admitted to Infectious Diseases Hospital in Tbilisi. He came back to the Georgian border via Azerbaijan by taxi. [3] [5] [6] [7]
On 28 February, Georgia confirmed that a 31-year-old Georgian woman who had travelled to Italy tested positive and was admitted to Infectious Diseases Hospital in Tbilisi. [7]
An additional 29 are being kept in isolation in a Tbilisi hospital, with Georgia's Center for Disease control chief, Amiran Gamkrelidze stating there was a "high probability" that some of them have the virus. [8]
On 5 March, five people have tested positive for the new coronavirus COVID-19 in Georgia increasing the total number of people infected in the country to nine. Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze made the announcement at the recent news briefing following today. He said, all of the five people belong to the same cluster who travelled together to Italy and returned to Georgia on Sunday. [9]
On 12 March, President Salome Zourabichvili, in a televised appearance called for calm and unity. [10]
As of 15 March, 33 cases were confirmed, 637 were held under quarantine and 54 were under hospital supervision. [11]
On 16 March, the spokesperson of the Government of Georgia Irakli Chikovani announced special measures and recommendations. The government of Georgia banned entrance to Georgia for any foreign nationals for the next two weeks. [12] The Coordination Council recommended all elderly citizens of Georgia to avoid mass gatherings and isolate themselves. [13] The Government also recommends cafes, restaurants and bars to offer customers the take-away service. [14] 33 cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Georgia, 637 persons remain in quarantine and 54 persons are under direct medical supervision in hospitals for 16 March. [15] The government disseminated a special SMS to all phones in Georgia informing population about measures and recommendations. [16]
On 7 May, Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia announced that Georgia will open its borders to foreign citizens on 1 July. [17] [18] This move was later postponed until August. [19] [20] The state of emergency continued until 23 May. [21]
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