Georgia has banned weddings and other types of public ceremony from Sept. 10 and postponed theater and cinema openings to contain the spread of the new coronavirus as the number of daily infections has risen, the government said on Wednesday.
Georgia reported 44 new cases of the virus on Wednesday, bringing its total to 1,773. The ex-Soviet republic of 3.7 million people has reported 19 deaths, far fewer than other countries in the South Caucasus region.
But as case numbers have risen it has banned weddings, birthdays and other parties as well as funeral dinners, both indoors and in open-air spaces, Natia Mezvrishvili, the government administration head, told a briefing.
