Amiran Gamkrelidze : 0,6% of the Georgian population have been tested for the coronavirus

Up to 12,000 PCR tests have been conducted since the start of the outbreak, February 4, in Georgia, Amiran Gamkrelidze, Head of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, said.

As Gamkrelidze said at the briefing in response to a question from news portal Ambebi.ge, they plan to test up to 3,000 people per day after mid-May.

“We have conducted 11 942 PCR tests since February 4. The process has intensified since April 20. We carried out 600-700 tests per day during the last 6 days. We will increase this number to 1,000 by the end of this month, to 1,500 – by mid-May and later, to 3,000. This is the standard, introduced by Austria, Germany, Switzerland and etc,” Gamkrelidze said.

According to the Head of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, 0,6% of the Georgian population have been tested for the coronavirus.

“I can honestly say that anyone, who needed or needs to be tested for the coronavirus, will be tested for it, ”he said.