113 prisoners test positive for coronavirus

According to the Minister of Justice, Gocha Lortkipanidze,, a total of 10 penitentiary institutions have been inspected and 6654 prisoners have been tested within the framework of intensive testing, as a result of which, 113 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed.

According to him, part of the prisoners have been taken to the civil sector hospital, while some of the prisoners are asymptomatic.

“At this stage the situation is completely under control. The intensive testing process in all penitentiary institutions will be completed by the end of this month. At first, the testing process was conducted in 10 penitentiary institutions in total,” said Gocha Lortkipanidze.