A 10 months old child has been confirmed with COVID-19 in Karajala village, Telavi Municipality of eastern Kakheti region of Georgia.
Neli Khizanishvili, Head of Kakheti Department of National Center for Diseases Control and Public Health, reported that the child was undergoing medical treatment at Telavi Children’s Clinic and had symptoms characteristic to the novel coronavirus.
The child is currently placed at Tbilisi Hospital of Infectious Diseases. The source of infection is not determined. Epidemiologists are working in the village. Biological samples of 11 people are sent to Lugar Research Center for examination.