Georgia’s statistics pertaining to the coronavirus are reliable, dismissing reports of several media outlets that the country is hiding its real figures. Such a statement made the Director of Tbilisi hospital of Infectious Diseases Marina Ezugbaia.

According to her, if the country were releasing false figures, the situation in hospitals and the number of people suffering from pneumonia “would have revealed the lie”.

“This is a victory of the country. Have no doubt about the statistics. The hiding of real numbers will never stop the increase of infected people or the problems related to the issue. Just look at the situation in Europe or in many other countries.

Georgia perfectly coped with the containment period of the virus and took the absolutely right steps to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 after the Government reported the community transmission of the virus.

Aggressive testing detected 25 new cases of the coronavirus yesterday, triggering speculations that the relatively low number of reported cases in the country is related to the lack of aggressive testing of people.

We tested many people and had only 25 cases which is very good. Aggressive testing is used in specific situations, when there are clusters and risk groups, like medical personnel, which require aggressive testing”, - said Ezugbaia.

She added that in order to maintain the existing data, it is necessary for the population to show high responsibility along with the lifting of restrictions.

“Along with the lifting of restrictions, the high responsibility of citizens will be a precondition for the population to maintain all the skills they have acquired during this most difficult period. If the population maintains these skills even when the situation gets better, it will be a precondition not to worsen the statistical data and to maintain and continue the enviable victory”, - concluded Ezugbaia.