Coronavirus-related restrictions will remain in effect until 1 February

The targeted restrictions and regulations in the country will be maintained until February 1, - said the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natia Turnava after the meeting of the Interagency Coordination Council.

"As a result of the efforts of our health sector and the government team in general, we have certain normalization and stabilization in the statistics of daily cases. This is a fairly big result, although the rate of daily infection is still high. In addition, we are seeing what is happening in Europe, where there are certain signs of the third wave and a number of European states are tightening their regulations these days. Therefore, we have discussed today and decided to maintain the regime that exists today in terms of targeted restrictions until the first of February. Our task is to use the two or three weeks left before the first of February to have a very active communication with businesses and prepare for a safer opening from the February 1, even in the same trade sector or public transport. We meet these businesses on a daily basis. We have to discuss with them in the remaining time and make sure that all standards are met. By the way, the pre-New Year period has shown that the trade industry takes quite a lot of responsibility for these standards. There may be some additional requirements that we will agree with them, and all this will lead to a safer opening period", - Turnava said.