ArmInfo.The Minister of Health of Armenia Arsen Torosyan called the Minister of Health and Social Affairs of Georgia Yekaterina Tikaradze in connection with the identification of the first case of coronavirus in Georgian territory.
So, according to the message of Torosyan himself on the Facebook page, the purpose of the call is to clarify the situation in Georgia in connection with the detection of the virus. "According to preliminary assurances of the Georgian side, at this stage 4 citizens were examined in connection with suspected coronavirus, but the diagnosis was not confirmed. Nevertheless, they will spend 14 days in the quarantine zone," said Torosyan.
On the eve of the Minister of Health and Social Protection Ekaterina Tikaradze said that the country recorded the first case of coronavirus. According to the minister, the virus was detected in a citizen of Georgia, a 50-year-old man who arrived from Iran through Azerbaijan. The patient is placed in an infectious diseases hospital. His condition is rated as satisfactory. According to the minister, the government is doing everything to prevent the start of the epidemic in Georgia.
After that, the Georgian government decided to close the air and land links with Iran for two weeks.