Georgian Citizen in Italy Recovers from Coronavirus

A Georgian citizen who was infected with COVID-19 in Italy has been discharged from the hospital as she recovered from the illness.

“A Georgian citizen in Italy became infected with coronavirus and was undergoing due treatment at a hospital in Rome. Our citizen has recovered from the illness. She will return to her family healthy. We are delighted with the news”, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, David Zalkaliani.

The Georgian citizen residing in Italy was registered as infected with a pneumonia-like illness on March 4. The young woman underwent a course of treatment at one of Rome’s clinics.

On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, pushing the threat beyond the global health emergency it had issued in January.

The organization calls for countries to declare an emergency and focus on control rather than on mitigation in the healthcare system.

As of now, 24 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Georgia. There are 295 people in quarantine and 49 remain in hospital. 

The Georgian government has moved to a state of emergency.