Which Restrictions Will Be Removed and Which Remain in Force After the State of Emergency Has Been Lifted

The Prime Minister's Speaker discussed restrictions lifted and kept after May 23.

Removed restrictions:

o The restriction on more than three people traveling by car has been removed (with the exception of travel by taxi).
o The curfew has been lifted.
o All types of economic activities are permitted, with the following exceptions:
✖  Serving customers on site in restaurants, bars, cafes, and dining facilities of any type;
✖  Trade in clothing and footwear (such trade is permitted online)
✖  The operation of trade centers (shopping malls) and open-air markets (with the exception of open-air agrarian markets);
✖  Organizing and/or holding sporting, cultural, and recreational events;
✖  Sports and wellness procedures or activities;
✖  The operation of currency exchange booths.
o Public assemblies and demonstrations, as provided for by the Law of Georgia on Assemblies and Demonstrations, have become permissible.
o Conducting practical / laboratory work or holding examinations non-remotely in universities (in accordance with the recommendations issued by the Ministry of Healthcare) has become permissible.
o The age restriction on travel that applied to persons aged 70 and over has been lifted and retained as a recommendation.
o The prohibition on entering cemeteries has been lifted.

Restrictions remaining in force:

o The restriction on international passenger transportation (air, land, and sea) remains in force (charter flights are reserved for the repatriation of Georgian citizens).
o The restriction on public transportation, including travel by subway and cable car, as well as the transportation of passengers by rail, remains in force.
o The restriction on the transportation of passengers on municipal and intercity routes by bus and fixed-route taxi remains in force.
o Taxi drivers must wear face masks and it is only permissible to transport two passengers, who must occupy the rear seats of the vehicle.
o The obligation to place drivers who are Georgian citizens and are carrying out international freight transportation via land routes in self-isolation in spaces designed for self-isolation (TIR parking lots) and quarantine spaces remains in force.
o Schools and universities must continue the education process using various forms of remote teaching/communication.
o All types of training courses, conferences, and seminars must be held remotely.
o Holding cultural events is permitted only in a remote format.
o All types of mass sporting events remain restricted, including competitions and gathering for the purpose of learning/training, in enclosed, as well as open spaces; this also applies to all types of sport-related training courses, seminars, and/or conferences, with the exception of those held remotely.
o The gathering of more than 10 people that is related to social events (e.g., weddings, anniversaries, wakes, etc.) is restricted.
o All persons are obligated to wear face masks in enclosed public spaces.
o The following economic activities remain restricted:
✖  Serving customers on site in restaurants, bars, cafes, and dining facilities of any type;
✖  Trade in clothing and footwear (such trade is permitted online)
✖  The operation of trade centers (shopping malls) and open-air markets (with the exception of open-air agrarian markets);
✖  Organizing and/or holding sporting, cultural, and recreational events;
✖  Sports and wellness procedures or activities;
✖  The operation of currency exchange booths.
o Economic activities (barring the exceptions) must be carried out remotely, which means working from home; work may be carried out at the workplace in case of critical necessity, though no more than 10 people may be admitted to the office.
o The operation of hotels and similar accommodation facilities is permitted exclusively for the purpose of arranging quarantine spaces.
o All types of economic activities must be carried out with due consideration for the specific features of the facility in question, while maintaining a social distance of no less than two meters and wearing face masks, in accordance with the recommendations issued by the Ministry of Healthcare.
o The village of Mushevani and the village of Geta in Bolnisi Municipality, as well as Tetritskaro Municipality, remain quarantine zones.