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This article is about cases within the country Georgia. For the U.S. state Georgia, see 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States.
2020 coronavirus outbreak in Georgia
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationGeorgia
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseTbilisi
Arrival date26 February 2020 (4 years, 9 months and 24 days)
Confirmed cases13
Recovered0
Deaths
0

The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak was confirmed to have spread to Georgia when its first case was confirmed in Tbilisi on 26 February 2020.[1]

Timeline

All flights from China and Wuhan to Tbilisi International Airport were cancelled until 27 January.[needs update] The Health Ministry announced that all arriving passengers from China would be screened. Georgia also temporarily shut down all flights to Iran.[2]

On 26 February, Georgia confirmed its first COVID-19 case. A 50-year-old man, who returned to Georgia from Iran, was admitted to Infectious Diseases Hospital in Tbilisi. He came back to the Georgian border via Azerbaijan by taxi.[3][1][4][5]

On 28 February, Georgia confirmed that a 31-year-old Georgian woman who had travelled to Italy tested positive and was admitted to Infectious Diseases Hospital in Tbilisi.[5]

29 more are being kept in isolation in a Tbilisi hospital, with Georgia's Minister of Health, Amiran Gamkrelidze stating there was a “high probability” that some of them have the virus.[6]

On 5 March, five people have tested positive for the new coronavirus COVID-19 in Georgia increasing the total number of people infected in the country to nine. Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze made the announcement at the recent news briefing following today. He said, all of the five people belong to the same cluster who travelled together to Italy and returned to Georgia on Sunday.[7]

As of March 7, the total amount of cases has amounted to 13.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "First Case of Coronavirus Reported in Georgia". Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  2. ^ "თბილისის აეროპორტში მგზავრებს "კორონავირუსზე" ამოწმებენ". imedinews.ge. 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |5= (help)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Georgia Confirms First Case of Coronavirus". Civil.ge. 26 February 2020. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Georgia reports second case of coronavirus". Agenda.ge. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  6. ^ Post, The Jakarta. "Belarus, Azerbaijan report first coronavirus cases". The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Georgia confirms five new cases of coronavirus". Agenda.ge. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Prevention of Coronavirus in Georgia". Stop Cov. Retrieved 7 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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