Deputy Minister of Environment and Agriculture of Georgia tests positive for coronavirus

Deputy Minister of Environment and Agriculture of Georgia Yuri Nozadze has been infected new coronavirus.

"Given the high public interest, the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture declares that Deputy Minister Yuri Nozadze tested positive for COVID-19 on March 10. Yuri Nozadze was in self-isolation due to the fact that his family member had been earlier infected with coronavirus”, reads the statement released by the Ministry.

Yuri Nozadze is among the 23 confirmed cases of coronavirus. He and his son are being treated in the Sachkhere Clinic.