WHO Regional Director for Europe: Georgia is taking a step further by working on economy recovery plan, putting health as a political priority and working on the second wave

Georgia is taking a step further, namely by working on economy recovery plan and putting health as a political priority, as well as working on the second wave, - Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, said at a press conference today.

According to him, Georgia is one of the countries which early on implemented public health measures.

“Georgia is one of the countries which early on implemented public health measures. Georgia started taking action early on. As early as March 2, it implemented physical distancing measure. So, it started to take measures that we know are working very early - finding, isolating, testing and caring for people with COVID and tracing and quarantining the contacts. And Georgia is taking a step further, namely by working on economy recovery plan and putting health as a political priority, as well as working on the second wave”, said the