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Over 30 Georgian Citizens Evacuated from China in Quarantine Amid Coronavirus Fears

© REUTERS / CHINA DAILYA medical worker in protective suit disinfects the hallway at Jinyintan hospital in Wuhan
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TBILISI (Sputnik) – Thirty-four Georgian citizens who have been evacuated from China are now in quarantine and will be monitored for coronavirus symptoms for the next two weeks, Director General of the National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze said.
"They have undergone temperature screening … we had information that some of these citizens could have had contact with infected individuals so we decided to isolate them, that is to put them in quarantine for two weeks", Gamkrelidze told journalists.

According to the official, the evacuees are quarantined at a hotel complex in a medical centre in the western town of Sachkhere.

The number of coronavirus cases continues to rise, with recent hotbeds having appeared in Italy and Iran. In China, the number of people infected is approaching 77,000 with over 2,440 deaths reported.

The novel coronavirus disease, dubbed COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO), was first detected in the city of Wuhan, China's Hubei Province, in late December 2019.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a global health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak.

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