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UNICEF Launches Online Consultations For Pregnant Women Concerning COVID-19 Pregnant women throughout Georgia are invited to attend free virtual sessions led by top gynecologists and have answers to their most pressing questions answered, - reads the statement by UNICEF. Read more

UNDP - Boosting Georgia’s Public Healthcare With Digital Solutions UNDP Georgia states that boosting the healthcare system with digital solutions in Georgia will enable thousands of medical staff to improve their skills in treating infectious diseases. Read more

Railway Travel Has Been Resumed Today, June 15 According to a government decree, rail traffic has been resumed today, June 15. Read more

The Second Wave Of Covid-19 is Expected In Georgia According to Paata Imnadze, Deputy Director of the National Center for Disease Control, the second wave of coronavirus will most likely occur, and if the population does not follow the rules, it will occur sooner. Read more

60 273 Coronavirus PCR Tests Have Been Done in Georgia So Far The government's report about the measures taken against COVID-19 says that 60 273 coronavirus PCR testings were done on primary samples in Georgia in the period of 30 January - 3 June. Read more

Georgia Reopens Shops and Malls All kinds of open shops, including malls, have been opened in Georgia today. Read more

Municipal Transport Services Resumed in Georgia All kinds of municipal transport services – including Tbilisi Metro – have been resumed throughout Georgia today. Read more

Municipal Transport to Reopen From May 29 in Georgia All types of municipal transport will be reopened from May 29, Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia said at the meeting of the Inter-Agency Coordination Council on COVID-19 today. Read more

Tourists Have to Present a Covid-19 Test Result Before Entering Georgia According to Amiran Gamkrelidze, Head of the National Center for Disease Control, tourists will likely have to present a document while entering Georgia that they had been tested in the last 72 hours and the result was negative. Read more

Covid-19 Restrictions Lifted In Georgia As the epidemiological situation allows to accelerate certain situations, some restrictions have been lifted today in Georgia. Read more

Some Covid-19 Restrictions To be Lifted In Georgia From May 18 Some of the restrictions imposed due to coronavirus spread is going to be lifted in Georgia from Monday, May 18. Read more

The State Of Emergency Will Not Be Extended in Georgia According to the Prime Minister, Giorgi Gakharia, the government will not address the President with a request to extend the state of emergency after May 22. Read more

Village in Bolnisi Municipality to be Set Under Quarantine Based on the decision made by the Interagency Coordinating Council, due to the high epidemiological risk, strict quarantine restrictions have been enacted in the village of Geta, Bolnisi Municipality, as part of the state of emergency. Read more

Georgia to partially lift coronavirus-related restrictions on May 5 Georgia starts to partially lift some of the coronavirus related restrictions which were banned under the state of emergency. Read more

9 patients die from COVID-19 as number of infected nears 600 The ninth patient has died of coronavirus in Georgia, who was 58-year-old in a critical condition. Read more

Four Georgian sailors, who escaped from pirates, are safe The Maritime Transport Agency said they are working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia on the issue related to the abduction of Georgian sailors by pirates in Nigeria. Read more

Georgian couple exercises acrobatic tricks in a lockdown (Video) The worldwide lockdown has changed many lives. If before pandemic it was usual to go out in the evening with a friend, drink beer or sip coffee, pandemic has changed the way people spend time. Read more

Will flights be safe after the pandemic? – Visualization proves opposite Nearly all passenger flights have been grounded after the coronavirus outbreak and declaration of the worldwide pandemic. Read more

Epidemic in Georgia is contained, top Georgian health expert says Georgia has managed to contain the epidemic, Amiran Gamkrelidze, Head of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health said. Read more

Georgia may be among the first countries which get remdesivir medicine There is a hope that Georgia will be among the first countries which receive remdesivir medicine from the US, Tengiz Tsertsvadze, General Director of the Tbilisi Infectious Diseases Hospital said. Read more

Georgia receives 40 thousand PCR tests from China Georgia has received 40 thousand PCR tests from china, including 20 thousand antibody tests as a gift from the Chinese government, Healthcare Minister, Ekaterine Tikaradze said, who met the cargo at the airport. Read more

COVID-19 will end in Georgia by June, study says Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) publishes new study which forecasts possible end of the coronavirus pandemic in the world and some of the other countries, including Georgia. Read more

Coronavirus cases reach 511 as Georgia passes peak of the spread The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has increased to 511 in Georgia. Read more