1 case of so-called South African COVID strain confirmed in Georgia

1 case of so-called South African COVID strain was confirmed in Georgia. As Amiran Gamkrelidze, the head of the National Center for Disease Control, noted after the meeting of the Interagency Coordination Council, the so-called South African strain has been confirmed to a Georgian citizen with a travel history in Dubai.

"I confirm that one case of so-called South African strain was confirmed in the laboratory. The World Health Organization has recommended that there be no discrimination, not to mention the words South African, Indian, British, etc., and to use their abbreviations. In this case, we are talking about the B1351 strain, which was confirmed to a Georgian citizen with a history of traveling to Dubai. His/her clinical condition is satisfactory, s/he is already fully cured, nothing is wrong. S/he was isolated in time", - Gamkrelidze said.