350 individuals, 15 companies fined for violating state of emergency regulations, nationwide curfew
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri has urged people to stick to the restrictions imposed against the spread of coronavirus. Photo: Interior Ministry press office.
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About 350 individuals and 15 companies have been fined so far for the violation of state of emergency regulations and curfew since they came into effect on March 21 and 31 respectively to contain the spread of COVID-19, Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri said earlier today.
He stated that only 17 have violated the curfew.
We expected more violations. However, most people stuck to the rules. We are not happy to fine people and ask them to act in line with the law,” Gomelauri said.
Gomelauri stated that the government and the Georgian patriarchate will make an agreement on what to do for the Easter holiday, which will be marked on April 19 this year.
Thousands of people migrate for the holiday inside the country and gather at churches and then at cemeteries to mark the holiday.
As of now people are not able to gather in more than groups of three.
The co-chairs of Geneva International Discussions (GIDs) from the European Union, United Nations and OSCE, Toivo Klaar, Cihan Sultanoglu and Rudolf Michalka remain “fully engaged to help address the challenges” created by the coronavirus pandemic.
A 64-year-old Georgian man with underlying chronic disease has died in the United States from coronavirus infection, the deputy head of the National Disease Control Centre (NCDC) Paata Imnadze said earlier today.
More than 2,200 individuals have been tested for coronavirus in Georgia since February 26, 2020 and only 110 have been positive.
Two more people have tested positive for COVID-19 increasing the number of total confirmed cases to 117. Meanwhile, the number of recovered individuals has increased to 23, which means that there are a total of 92 individuals inside the country who are still infected with the virus.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has registered 706 cases of violations of the state of emergency regulations and curfew during the last 24 hours throughout the country.