The News in Brief
Friday, April 10
By The Messenger Staff
The quality of Georgia- produced masks are acceptable, says Gamkrelidze
Amiran Gamkrelidze, head of the Centers for Disease Control, said that masks produced in Georgia are perfectly acceptable for household use. According to him, it should be used only once for medical purposes.
"We gave a recommendation, we inspected these masks. The masks have passed the Center for Disease Control tests. We have a big department for Biosecurity and bioprotection, which is working on this type of issues, such as what type of mask to wear, and what lab coat to wear,” he stated.
Georgia-produced masks are already on sale in pharmacy chains. The quality of the masks, however, has been the subject of criticism on social media.
According to the Minister of Economy Natia Turnava, at the initial stage, pharmacies will be supplied with up to 400,000 masks, with the price per mask being 50 tetri. One person is allowed to buy 3 pieces of multiple-use masks.
Journalists, doctors, consumer industry representatives to be tested during aggressive testing
According to the director of the Republican Hospital Levan Gopodze, persons at high risk will be tested during aggressive testing.
As Gopodze told the media, tests with the new testing algorithm will be available for especially high-risk groups such as journalists, medical staff and consumer service representatives:
“Including the representatives of the medical field, journalists at high risk, representatives of consumer service, etc.,” said Gopodze.
The Ministry of Health has approved new algorithms for testing COVID-19 for different groups. According to the document, certain groups of the society will be subjected to aggressive testing. These groups are persons in penitentiary institutions, specialized daycare institutions for elderly, persons in inpatient psychiatric facilities, defense forces and ecclesiastical persons, including people in monasteries.
The quality of Georgia- produced masks are acceptable, says Gamkrelidze
Amiran Gamkrelidze, head of the Centers for Disease Control, said that masks produced in Georgia are perfectly acceptable for household use. According to him, it should be used only once for medical purposes.
"We gave a recommendation, we inspected these masks. The masks have passed the Center for Disease Control tests. We have a big department for Biosecurity and bioprotection, which is working on this type of issues, such as what type of mask to wear, and what lab coat to wear,” he stated.
Georgia-produced masks are already on sale in pharmacy chains. The quality of the masks, however, has been the subject of criticism on social media.
According to the Minister of Economy Natia Turnava, at the initial stage, pharmacies will be supplied with up to 400,000 masks, with the price per mask being 50 tetri. One person is allowed to buy 3 pieces of multiple-use masks.
Journalists, doctors, consumer industry representatives to be tested during aggressive testing
According to the director of the Republican Hospital Levan Gopodze, persons at high risk will be tested during aggressive testing.
As Gopodze told the media, tests with the new testing algorithm will be available for especially high-risk groups such as journalists, medical staff and consumer service representatives:
“Including the representatives of the medical field, journalists at high risk, representatives of consumer service, etc.,” said Gopodze.
The Ministry of Health has approved new algorithms for testing COVID-19 for different groups. According to the document, certain groups of the society will be subjected to aggressive testing. These groups are persons in penitentiary institutions, specialized daycare institutions for elderly, persons in inpatient psychiatric facilities, defense forces and ecclesiastical persons, including people in monasteries.