Gov't: False Reports about COVID-19 Management Aimed at Spreading Panic
“Unfortunately, false information has been spread recently, claiming that the number of hospital beds was not sufficient and that people are kept at home or at COVID Hotels without any medical treatment. Some were also saying that phone calls are left unattended and people failed to get consultations. I wish to calm society down. There is no reason to be concerned, especially towards this end. This information is far from being real and is false, to put it simply. They are spread by people, who wish to circulate panic” stated Natia Mezvrishvili, Head of Government Administration at a press briefing held today.
She noted that 21 703 people are in self-isolation today and family doctors are in touch with each of them.
Natia Mezvrishvili also noted that there may be individual cases when a medical consultation was deferred by 1-2 hours, but these cases are not of systemic nature.
“In real terms, 21 703 people are in self-isolation today and family doctors are in touch with each of them. It is understandable that there may be individual cases when a medical consultation was deferred by 1-2 hours and some people write about such cases in social media. However, these are individual cases and do not have a systemic nature. Therefore, I urge you to keep away from engaging in panic for these individual cases. Medical doctors are in touch with people staying in self-isolation at home or COVID Hotels. The total number of active cases consists of 11 033 patients treated at hospitals and over 21 000 individuals in self-isolation. In real terms, medical doctors are in touch with these people. As for the false information, I urge you and we will also do our best to prevent the spread of the referred information. We will be holding daily briefings. As you may well be aware, the Government of Georgia was unprecedentedly transparent from day one and trust me, I do not wish to use this word, but if an apocalypse happens, we will come out and say it from this rostrum. None of the Council Members has ever had a problem of doing it. The truth is what the Council Members are saying from this rostrum, no matter how bitter it may sound, we will never keep away from saying the truth. That is why, I urge you to rely on what is said from this platform and official sources of information, what is posted on stopcov.ge, what is said by epidemiologists and what is discussed by the Council Members. It will predominantly facilitate the flow of accurate information and will thereby contribute to the joint fight against the virus” she stated.