ArmInfo.Georgia has tightened control standards for people crossing the land border in the Upper Lars checkpoint. According to the Rustavi-2 television company, a shelter tent has been set up near the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Georgian-Russian border.
"Thermal screening is set up out at the border - each citizen crossing the border is measured with temperature. In case of detection of suspicious symptoms, a person will be placed in a tent and then transferred to a medical facility, the so-called center for patients with temperature, where doctors will see if further symptoms of the disease manifest.
In addition, all citizens who come to the country are required to undergo two-week quarantine. Everyone who arrives through the Upper Lars checkpoint is placed in a quarantine zone in the resort of Gudauri. If the road closes, then citizens are left in Kazbegi to wait for moving to Gudauri, "regional governor Mtskheta-Mtianeti Shalva Kereselidze told reporters, Georgia-online reports. He noted that security standards are being tightened to prevent widespread coronavirus. Since mid-March, Georgia closed the border with all countries, including neighboring Russia, and only Georgian citizens returning to their homeland, as well as truck drivers, can enter the country.