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Georgia discloses amount of funds spent on quarantine space

Finance Materials 5 June 2020 17:48 (UTC +04:00)
Georgia discloses amount of funds spent on quarantine space

BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 5

By Tamilla Mammadova - Trend:

A total of 32.5 million lari ($10.7 million) was spent from the state budget on coronavirus quarantine spaces provided in hotels in Georgia, Trend reports referring to the report of the government of Georgia.

Meanwhile, all quarantine facilities in Georgia are in the hotels only. Reservation of hotels as quarantine zones began on March 10, 2020, even before a state of emergency was declared in the country.

As of May 22, quarantine spaces included 84 hotels with over 6,500 rooms which served 19,002 people in quarantine.

"The funds supported the operations of 23 small (5-40 rooms), 42 middle-sized (41-100 rooms) and 18 large hotels (101 rooms and more), which ensured that people employed in the sector maintain their jobs and incomes", reads the report.

In total, the government of Georgia negotiated with over 300 hotels in the country. In the process of selecting a hotel as a quarantine space, the Georgian government relied on the criteria of the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health of Georgia.

Hotels were used as quarantine facilities beginning from March 10, 2020.

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