Over 20,000 Georgian citizens supported abroad amid coronavirus outbreak
The special flight will be carried out to Tbilisi from Rome on May 22. Photo: Tbilisi and Batumi International Airports/Facebook.
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Georgian diplomatic representations have supported a total of 20,957 Georgian citizens abroad with accommodation, food, basic needs, medicines, financial help, online medical consultations and support to receive medical services.
In addition to that, Georgia has evacuated 12,192 citizens from abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic as of May 20, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Out of the Georgian citizens who have returned to the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, 6,751 were brought by special flights, 5,059 by land vehicles and 382 by ferry.
Georgian citizens will be brought from Athens, Greece today by a special flight to Tbilisi. A special flight will be carried out to Tbilisi from Rome on May 22.
Georgia has already carried out special flights to bring its citizens home from different cities including but not limited to: Athens, Vienna, Madrid, Copenhagen, Warsaw, Berlin, Vienna, London, Amsterdam, Larnaca, Beijing, Rome, Paris, Tel Aviv, Prague and Barcelona.
Georgian citizens who are abroad and want to return to the country have to fill a special electronic application, which is available on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and on the websites of the diplomatic missions of Georgia.
Citizens that will come back to Georgia will be placed in 14-day quarantine.
The flights will be carried out by the national flag carrier Georgian Airways, and ticket price will not exceed €199.
Georgia has evacuated 10,115 Georgian citizens from abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic. Georgia has carried out 61 special flights to bring back Georgians from abroad. Georgia has carried out 61 special flights to evacuate Georgians from abroad amid the coronavirus outbreak, said Foreign Minister Zaklaliani earlier today.
Georgian diplomatic representations have given assistance to a total of 18,857 Georgian citizens abroad, while 9,630 of them have been brought back to Georgia amid the coronavirus pandemic as of May 5, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Georgian diplomatic representations have given assistance to a total of 18,033 Georgian citizens abroad, while 8,954 of them have been brought to Georgia amid the coronavirus pandemic as of May 1, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Georgian citizens will be brought from Vienna, Austria today by special flight to Tbilisi.
Georgian diplomatic representations have supported a total of 15,393 Georgian citizens abroad, while 7,988 of them have been brought to Georgia amid the coronavirus pandemic as of April 27, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Georgia has received $15,000 worth of locally-produced disposable medical gowns and coverall suits, as well as IR thermometers from the US Embassy's Office of Defence Cooperation (ODC) to help the country manage the COVID-19 pandemic.
Several airlines will carry out charter flights to bring home Georgian citizens who are abroad and cannot return home due to travel bans, announces Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia.