Inter-Agency Coordination Council Rules To Ease COVID-19 Regulations

Inter-Agency Coordination Council  has made a decision to ease COVID-19 Regulations.

Inter-Agency Coordination Council  has ruled:

•    15 individuals will be allowed to sit around a table outdoors at eateries, instead of 10;

•    10 individuals will be allowed to sit around a table indoors at eateries, instead of 6;

•    Restriction on the maximum number of visitors is deemed void;

•    Social gatherings (parties, birthday parties, weddings, funerals) will be allowed with the principle as given above - 10 individuals around a table indoors and 15 - outdoors;

•    Quarantine spaces, i.e. so-called COVID Hotels - will be voided from March 1, 2022; admission of infected individuals to such places will be terminated from February 22:

•   Obligation to run a thermal screening and record-keeping gets voided (with exception of

 general education institutions);

•    Obligation to have a disinfection floor mats gets voided;

•    Restriction on the catering at canteens is removed;

•    Operation of the clubs gets permitted from March 4, 2022, provided 60% of the overall space gets occupied by admitted visitors;

•   Conferences, seminars and trainings will be permitted without restrictions from March 15, 2022;

Additionally:

•    Any citizen of a foreign country/resident will be admitted through the air, land and marine borders of Georgia from March 1, 2022, provided they are fully vaccinated or have a negative PCR test results (valid for 72 hours) with no obligation to get re-tested on the third day - if not vaccinated; so-called country locks are removed;

•    Citizens of Georgia entering the country with a PCR test have no obligations to get re-tested on the third day; if no PCR test is presented, the citizens have an obligation to stay in self-isolation for 5 days instead of 8.