PM says all citizens should apply to 112 or family doctor as soon as they experience fever, cough, shortness of breath and other respiratory symptoms

The Prime Minister of Georgia instructed the relevant agencies to expand testing, in light of the increased epidemiological risks after the opening of the economy. According to the press service of the Prime Minister, Giorgi Gakharia held a working meeting on this issue today.

"Amid the circulation of COVID-19 infection in the country and the mitigation of preventive measures, it is even more important to timely identify and treat the cases of infection. For this purpose, all citizens should apply to 112 or a family doctor as soon as they experience fever, cough, shortness of breath and other respiratory symptoms in order to get a laboratory-based PCR test.

As of June 11, the source of 4 out of 6 new cases of infection is not known, which is a matter of special caution, so the government and public health specialists are taking necessary measures. They call for protection of rules once again. The gradual lifting of restrictions and the opening of the economy should not become a reason for relaxation or an illusion that the virus has been defeated.

Examples of different countries with repeated epidemiological explosions were discussed and the importance of joint actions and high public responsibility was emphasized at the working meeting”, reads the information released by the PM’s press service.

According to them, in order to expand tests as much as possible, the number of labs with the possibility of conducting PCR tests will be increased from 18 to 24 in July.

Today, the average daily number of tests is 1,500, and this number will increase to 4,500 in the near future, and the daily number of tests in autumn will reach 6,000-8,000.