Paata Imnadze: If the lockdown is announced now, our economy will not be able to withstand it, but the targeted restrictions must be expanded

We can not just declare a lockdown in the country now, our economy will not be able to withstand it, but the targeted restrictions must be expanded, we all agree on that; it will allow us to get out of this war with minimal losses, - Deputy Director of National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Paata Imnadze, said after a meeting between the Prime Minister and healthcare experts.

As Paata Imnadze noted, it is necessary to use all the intellectual resources in the country, including those from the medical field who are abroad.

"The meeting was very important. Unfortunately, from the very beginning there were predictions that all the activities that were taking place in the country would be followed by such an increase in cases. Of course, we need all the intellectual resources that are available in the country in terms of public health specialists, including our colleagues abroad. We all agree that the restrictions that exist in the country are no longer enough in this situation, it is necessary, so to speak, to make more targeted restrictions in the country. We can not just declare a lockdown in the country now, our economy will not be able to withstand it, but the targeted restrictions must be expanded - we all agree on that; it will allow us to get out of this war with minimal losses", - said Paata Imnadze.