The World Health Organization (WHO) does not recommend using the so-called “immunity passports” with COVID-19 vaccination data for the time being, WHO Representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic has told TASS, TREND reports. “At this stage, WHO does not recommend the use of ‘vaccination certificates’ for travelers as there are many …
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Georgia builds sixth new tunnel as part of East-West international highway
The sixth new tunnel was built on the Ubisa-Shorapani (Shrosha village) section of Georgia at the Rikoti Pass, which is part of the East-West international highway, Trend reports via the Department of Roads of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia. The tunnel is 885 meters long. It …
Read More »Turkish president, NATO chief discuss E.Med on phone
Turkey’s president Friday spoke to the NATO head over the phone, with the latest developments in the Eastern Mediterranean discussed, the Turkish authorities said, according to Anadolu Agency. In the phone call with Jean Stoltenberg, Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that Turkey supports a fair solution in the Eastern Mediterranean with …
Read More »World Economic Forum postponed until next summer
The next World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, originally scheduled for January, will be postponed until early next summer, its managing director of public engagement Adrian Monck said Wednesday in a statement, APA reports citing Xinhua. “The decision was not taken easily, since the need for global leaders to come together to …
Read More »Highest temperature on Earth’ as Death Valley, US hits 54.4C
What could be the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth – 130F (54.4C) – may have been reached in Death Valley National Park, California, APA reports citing BBC. The recording is being verified by the US National Weather Service. It comes amid a heatwave on the US’s west coast, where temperatures …
Read More »WHO: Number of COVID-2019 cases across globe up by over 200,000 in past day
More than 200,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide on July 26, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 15.78 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Sunday, APA reports citing Reuters. As of 11:00 Moscow time on July 26, as many …
Read More »Three new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Georgia
Three new cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were confirmed in Georgia, bringing the total number of infected people to 951, Trend reports citing 1tv.ge. The information has been recently updated on a special website stopcov.ge created by the Georgian government. Three patients recovered. The number of recoveries stands at 828. In total 15 …
Read More »Geostat reveals producer price indices for services in Georgia
Producer Price Index for telecommunication services decreased by 0.03 percent in April 2020 compared to the previous month in Georgia, Trend reports referring to Georgian National Statistics Office (Geostat). The prices were lower mainly for other telecommunications services (-0.5 percent). The overall index increased by 14.3 percent compared to the same month …
Read More »Georgia reduces import of medicaments from Turkey
Georgia imported 248.7 tons of medicaments in measured dose, totaling $19.9 million from Turkey from January through May 2020, Trend reports referring to National Statistics Office (Geostat). On an annualized basis, Georgia decreased the medicaments’ import from Turkey by 369.8 tons. Over the same period last year, 618.5 tons of medicaments put …
Read More »EU to open borders to citizens of Georgia, among some other countries
The European Union (EU) has decided to include Georgia in the list of the countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter the EU when borders open, Trend reports referring to Euronews. According to the report, officials are debating on the border reopening date. Initially, the borders were supposed to open on …
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