Field hospital to be set up in the Olympic Village Gymnasium as Covid-19 cases increase
By Nika Gamtsemlidze
Monday, August 16
In Digomi, a field hospital is being set up in one of the gyms of the Olympic Village. The relevant video material was released exclusively by PalitraNews.
The Ministry of Health of Georgia said that additional information about the field hospital will be made public today.
The Covid-19 cases have been drastically increasing over the past few weeks in Georgia. Around 5,000 cases are being reported every single day, and the total active cases are higher than ever in the country.
At the time of writing, there are over 50,000 active cases in the country. Because of this, many experts are saying that if the numbers continue to increase with the same trajectory, there won’t be any free beds in the hospitals for severely ill Covid patients.
Although no official information has been announced, the increasing cases of the Covid-19 and the lack of beds in hospitals could be the main reason for setting up the field hospital. As for the details about the number of beds or medical professionals present in the field hospital, there is no such information announced yet.
To curb the spread of the virus, the country has already adopted some regulations. For example, starting from Saturday, August 14, there is no public transportation in the biggest cities of the country. The restriction is going to last until September 4.
In parallel with the suspension of public transport, the state offers special transport services to citizens, which will take them to the checkpoints. Additional checkpoints have been opened in Mtskheta and Tbilisi. For example, in the sixth building of the Technical University, vaccination against coronavirus is possible without prior online registration.
To further promote jabs, the President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, addressed the Georgian church to call on the believers to get vaccinated.
Metropolitan Nikoloz of Akhalkalaki, Kumurdo, and Kari responded to the calling of the President, saying that the church representatives decided that the vaccination is a free choice of everyone. He also said that the church can't call on people to get vaccinated, as it is not a “medical organization”. He also added that he is ready to get vaccinated in front of cameras “if it will be necessary to encourage people”.
According to the official information of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, a total of 791,863 vaccines have been administered. Out of this, 237,149 people have already received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. There are four vaccines available in Georgia - AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Sinopharm, and Sinovac.
