Mobility restricts in 7 large cities
By Khatia Bzhalava
Tuesday, November 10
According to the decision of the Inter-Agency coordination council, on November 9, restriction on mobility from 22:00 to 05:00 came into force. The regulation applies to the large cities of the country: Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batumi, Rustavi, Zugdidi, Gori, and Poti. Also, municipal and private kindergartens have temporarily suspended services in the cities.
Alexandre Khojevanishvili, Head of the Task Force operating at the Inter-Agency Coordination Council announced yesterday at a press-briefing that compared to the previous week, the number of infected individuals in the country is rising fast. In contrast with the early last week when the country reported 1900 cases a day, there are now up to 3000 infected individuals detected daily, therefore, as he stated, on November 7, the coordination council decided to tighten the regulations. Ban on mobility from 22:00 to 05:00, which entered the force yesterday, applies to both walking and driving.
Khojevanishvili paid attention to directions that are not subject to restrictions, in particular, the measure does not apply to the following directions: International cargo transportation, mobility of passengers and vehicles with a clearance of the Task Force if and when of critical importance for delivering official duties at pharmaceutical and healthcare facilities, institutions of strategic significance and media outlets, as well as the catering service delivery staff.
Based on the decree of the Minister of Health of November 6, if the Emergency Situations Coordination and Urgent Assistance Center employee dies of coronavirus, their family will receive one-off financial assistance up to GEL10 000 and in case of death during the performance of official duties, the family will receive up to GEL5 000. Unfortunately, since the spread of coronavirus, two ambulance doctors have died of the virus in Baghdati and Akhalkalaki.
On November 9, Georgia reported 2 927 new cases of coronavirus and the total number of infected individuals reached 60 680. As Khojevanishvili noted, regarding patient recoveries, a positive dynamic is maintained, with 2 470 people recovered yesterday. Unfortunately, 24 more people died and the death toll stands at 499.
Out of 2 927 cases identified on November 9, 1 033 were recorded in Tbilisi, 411 - in Adjara, 782 - in Imereti, 130 - in Kvemo Kartli, 74 - in Shida Kartli, 53 - in Guria, 150 - in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, 133 - in Kakheti, 79 - in Mtskheta-Mtianeti, 59 - in Samtskhe-Javakheti, and 23 - in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti.
