Amiran Gamkrelidze: If we maintain the current intensity of the infection, we won't be under serious danger

Amiran Gamkrelidze: If we maintain the current intensity of the infection, we won't be under serious danger

Amiran Gamkrelidze, Director of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, stated that the sources of new 3 cases of coronavirus are known.

As Gamkrelidze told InterPressNews, there have been up to 1500 tests conducted today and if the current infection intensity is kept, the serious danger will be avoided.

"The general situation is under control. There were new 3 cases revealed today. We know their sources. Two of them are connected to truck drivers while another was identified in the quarantine zone. Such separate cases aren't a problem for the healthcare system. The recovery rate stands at 85%. The intensive testings are ongoing - today we've conducted up to 1500 tests. If all of us observe the recommendations and the current intensity of the infection is maintained, we won't be under serious danger", - stated Amiran Gamkrelidze.

For the record, as stopcov.ge reports, 3 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Georgia during the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to 924. On the other hand. 4 more people have recovered from the virus, which brings the total number of recovered patients to 785. 2819 people are under a 14-day mandatory quarantine while 230 are under observation in hospitals. 15 people have died of the virus in the country. 3 citizens of Georgia have been transported to the country from abroad for a cure.