Orthodox Priests Bless Tbilisi Streets In Bid To Halt Disease

Orthodox clergymen blessed the streets of central Tbilisi, praying for Georgia's protection from the COVID-19 pandemic.They loaded plastic drums full of holy water onto trucks and doused some of the roadways of the capital on March 17.The Georgian government has said it will prohibit the entry of foreign nationals for two weeks, starting on March 18.The country has registered more than 30 cases of the disease, as of midday on March 17, with no reported deaths.
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