The administration of government hold videoconference about Coronavirus
By Khatia Bzhalava
Thursday, April 9
On April 8th, an interagency council held a videoconference about the Coronavirus. According to Prime Minister Gakharia, the council decided that Vani would join the list of municipalities of Georgia, where proactive temperature screening of the residents is performed and special checkpoints are organized.
The council considered the recommendations of epidemiologists since one of the recent cases of the Coronavirus has been observed in the municipality of Vani. Even though relevant measures have been already implemented, additional events will support the effectiveness of the steps taken.
The members of the council discussed the process of inspecting the restrictions determined by the state of emergency for the factories which continue manufacturing. As the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Natia Turnava says, in the past two days, 76 factories were inspected countrywide with the accompanying labor inspection, discovering defects in 14 of them. The factories were given a certain amount of time to eliminate the flaws.
A similar type of monitoring is carried out on agriculture markets and construction sites. The council members also discussed the subject of producing face masks, noting that Georgian-manufactured masks are already in stock and promised to expand the accessibility gradually.
In addition, the readiness of the primary healthcare system is being monitored actively. The PM emphasized the necessity of the mentioned process and strengthening proper control groups supervised by Dimitri Khundadze, Chairperson of the Healthcare And Social Issues Committee.
The MPs paid attention to the process of bringing Georgian citizens back home. With the information of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Davit Zalkaniani, 5000 citizens have been brought back to Georgia. The price of the tickets is being controlled strictly which is determined to be up to 200 Euros.
The latest details confirm 208 cases of the Coronavirus, with 50 recoveries and 3 deaths. Recent data shows that 4682 people are quarantined and 375- hospitalized.
