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🦠 01.12. Coronavirus statistics in Georgia per day:
Tests carried out - 53321.
The incidence rate is 8.69% (-0.67%)
+4459 infected
+3957 recovered
+65 died
+11999 vaccinated
❗️ Regions with the highest and lowest vaccination rates:
Tbilisi - 44.4% (963,000 doses)
Racha-Lechkhumi - Kvemo-Svaneti 0.98% (21000 doses).
⚡️🇬🇪 A system of green passports has been introduced in Georgia since December 1.
Visiting many public places is possible only upon presentation of documents.
📍Details about the green passport and how to get it.
📍A complete list of objects where it is needed.
🖋Write in the comments your experience of using green passports, problems encountered or questions. We'll figure it out together.
👍🍹🥘 Good news: since December 1, catering facilities in Georgia would be able to operate 24/7.
Previously, they were open only from 05.00 to 23.00, but with the introduction of green passports in the country, they were allowed a full work schedule. From now on bars, cafes and restaurants can work as much as they want to. However, when entering there, you must present the QR code from the green passport.
How to get it, I wrote in detail here.
❄️ About the weather in Gudauri.
I drove through there yesterday, it was raining and there was practically no snow. The photo shows the amount of falling snow for this night!
It is expected that the season will officially open on December 20th.
❗️Let me remind you that staying in hotels in ski resorts and using cable cars are only possible with a green passport.
📷 Photo Gudauri Ski Resort
💨🌊 Today’s heavy storm in Batumi and its consequences on the seafront.
🦠 02.12. Coronavirus statistics in Georgia per day:
Tests carried out - 50626.
The incidence rate is 7.37% (-1.32%)
+3731 infected
+4295 recovered
+72 died
+11099 vaccinated
❗️The vaccination rate has doubled in the last two weeks. Doctors attribute this to the introduction of green passports in the country.
💉In Georgia, 35.1% of the adult population are fully vaccinated.
⚖️ "Three tape recorders, three foreign movie cameras, three domestic cigarette cases" (c): ex-President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili was again brought to the Tbilisi City Court.
They are considering a case of embezzlement of funds by him. The politician is accused of embezzling public funds for personal needs. We are talking about the amount of 8.8 million lari ($2.8 million). According to the prosecutor's office, this amount implies the payment of Saakashvili's expenses for rest in hotels and resorts, visits to cosmetology clinics and the purchase of clothes. The list includes seven jackets and a cashmere sports coat purchased in London in the amount of 28.6 thousand dollars, as well as two handmade suits in the amount of 4.6 thousand dollars.
❗️ The courthouse is crowded again: supporters of the ex-president demand his release, brought banners and posters with tuxedos and suits, hinting at the motivation of today's case. A large screen is installed near the courthouse, on which the meeting is being podcasted.
After the speech of the ex-president, which lasted 2 hours, the meeting was postponed. The date will be announced later.
🚭 New fines for smoking in Georgia: changes in legislation.
The law has passed three commissions in Parliament and will be adopted in the near future.
📍For smoking in taxis, on cable cars and boats, the fine will be 200 lari. These types of transport have been added to the general list where smoking is already prohibited (buses, metro, etc.).
Taxi services already promise to instruct drivers.
📍A ban on smoking in a private car, in the presence of persons below 18 years old, is being introduced. A 50 GEL fine will be introduced.
📍In case of repeated violation of the law, the punishment for the violator will be doubled.
📍The fine for the sale of tobacco products in educational institutions and within a radius of 50 meters from them was increased from 150 to 500 lari.
❗️ To date, smoking is prohibited in almost all public places.
🧪 Passengers will now be able to take a coronavirus test at the Kutaisi International Airport.
A branch of the diagnostic center has been opened in the airport hall. The cost of an express test is 40 lari; a PCR test is 80 lari, a quick antigen test is 40 lari. There is no information about the time of production of the tests yet.
🦠 03.12. Coronavirus statistics in Georgia per day:
Tests carried out - 51749.
The incidence rate is 7.92% (+0.55%)
+4100 infected
+3397 recovered
+67 died
+11699 vaccinated
❗️At the moment, about 2,000 covid beds are available in the country, but doctors are talking about the general fatigue of the hospital sector and doctors.
⚡️📗 Measures related to the green passport and law enforcement mechanisms in Georgia may be tightened.
This was told by the Minister of Health Ekaterina Tikaradze.
"Our professionals and experts will prepare some conclusions, which we will present to the council on Tuesday, and we will make additional decisions. I do not rule out that the measures related to the green passport, as well as other enforcement mechanisms, will be significantly tightened."
The minister also said that a new strain of "Omicron" has not yet been registered in Georgia, but you need to be ready for it at any time.
❗️Let me remind you that since December 1, access to many public places in the country (the full list) is allowed only if you have a green passport about vaccinations or negative tests.
🇬🇪❗️📗Georgia has been living with green passports for 3 days, what is happening in the country:
📍a large number of citizens took the news about the new rules negatively, promise to sabotage them, and mass protests are scheduled for 05.12.
📍 many establishments are empty, only in a small part that work in the late evening or at night, there are more visitors
📍there are a lot of failures in the applications of green passports (an error in the surname, the color of the status may change, PCR tests and foreign vaccines are not activated)
📍 those who have been ill in other countries cannot get a passport, they will need tests or a vaccine
📍citizens who have been ill in Georgia, but do not have a positive PCR test result and an official appeal to the Ministry of Health, will also not be able to get a passport as sick and they need tests or a vaccine; only antibodies do not give the right to a green passport
📍The number of daily vaccinations has increased 2-3 times
📍 institutions do not check the passport, so many began to walk with other people's qr codes, because employees of restaurants, museums and other facilities where don’t have the right to request proof of identity
📍 in general, there are no fines, legal entities are loyal to the lack of green passports of visitors
📍 the medical workers were not included in the list of those who can get a green passport, such people need tests
📍The Government of Georgia is considering the introduction of greenpasses on public transport and in other sectors.

🔗 Details about the green passport and how to get it.
🔺A complete list of objects where it is needed.
🇬🇪 What will happen to the cross at the Georgian Parliament?
The Tbilisi City Hall issued a statement about the illegally installed cross at the parliament during the pogroms on July 5, 2021: "it will remain at the building until it is replaced by a new project that will be implemented together with the Patriarchate of Georgia."
🎧Night clubs in Tbilisi should resume their activity.
This was stated by the mayor of the capital Kakha Kaladze. With the introduction of green passports, they will be able to resume full-fledged activities and he hopes that the government will make a decision in the near future.
🎎 Premiere at the Rezo Gabriadze Theater.
This happens every few years. Who is in Tbilisi, do not miss it.
The play "Alfred and Violetta". Even on their official website there is no information yet.
❗️Tickets for December are here:
https://tkt.ge/show/9936/alfred-and-violet?culture=en