Hotspots of the virus- the Municipality of Gardabani, Lilo Market

By Khatia Bzhalava

Tuesday, July 28

According to Amiran Gamkrelidze, the head of NCDC, within the last week, the dynamics of Coronavirus case growth has been detected.

Gamkrelidze: “COVID infection circulates in the country and there is no ground to relax, still, neither is the ground to panic, the numbers of Coronavirus cases are manageable and under control.”

After the inter-agency coordination council meeting on July 27th, the head of NCDC, Amiran Gamkrelidze shared updates on the epidemiological situation. He mentioned testing of markets to have already started as ‘the markets are the areas with increased risks of virus spread,’ the meeting was also attended by the Chairman of the Government of Adjaria, Tornike Rizhvadze. According to him, Georgian citizens will be able to depart to Turkey to work, but only based on the employer's 3-month official job invitation received from the Republic of Turkey.

As Rizhvadze stated, Georgian citizens will be able to go to Turkey for working purposes only if they present a 3-months official job invitation received from the employer. Rizhvadze also noted that in case they return to Georgia, they will have to undergo a 2-weeks quarantine procedure.

Gamkrelidze named two hotspots of the virus- the municipality of Gardabani and the Lilo market. The total number of coronavirus cases in the municipality of Gardabani makes 4% of the overall cases in the country. As he noted, the Lilo market was an intersection area of Gardabani as well as other clusters, therefore both the municipality of Gardabani and the market of Lilo are now under intense examination. Moreover, according to him, preventive measures such as thermal screening and distancing as well as sanitary requirements have been tightened for all markets.

According to Beka Feradze, the Chief of Labour and Employment Policy department, 12 business entities have been fined on the territory of the Lilo market, one business operator in Dezerteri, two in Navtlughi, three in Didube and one in Varketili markets.

As Feradze noted, the process of opening the economy proceeds. According to him, out of 118 registered pools, 106 have been examined and 66 have received approval. Also, out of 363 examined gyms, 144 were eligible to reopen. Confirmation of re-opening has been given to 1322 hotels.

Six new Coronavirus cases were confirmed on July 27th, the lowest rate since July 17th. The total number of infected people has reached 1137. 922 patients have recovered and 16 have died.