Amiran Gamkrelidze: Intensive testing for coronavirus is underway in tents set up in Batumi and Kobuleti; the same type of testing has also started in Shekvetili

According to Amiran Gamkrelidze, head of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, intensive testing for coronavirus is underway in tents set up in Batumi and Kobuleti boulevards. As Gamkrelidze told InterPressNews, the same type of testing for coronavirus has also started in Shekvetili.

According Gamkrelidze, currently the results of all voluntarily taken samples are COVID negative.

"Intensive testing is underway in the tents set up in Batumi and Kobuleti boulevards. In addition, this type of testing has started in Shekvetili too. At this stage, there are 190 samples taken voluntarily, 88 have already been examined and all of them are negative", - stated Gamkrelidze.

Gamkrelidze also noted that the risk of spreading the infection in Kobuleti is low.

"The situation has stabilized in both parts of Kobuleti, where we had cases. Many people affiliated to the cafe "Havana" were investigated and except for already confirmed positive case, we had no more. In addition, the examination of a lot of contacts have been conducted in the second case, which was related to a family-type hotel. In this respect, the risk of spreading the infection is less. We think that the population should be calm", - stressed Gamkrelidze.

Gamkrelidze also added that although there are 17 new cases of coronavirus in the country, the situation is fully manageable and controllable.