Part of the population living in the Gali district, who had been receiving the IDP allowance on the Georgia-controlled territory, is no longer able to receive the allowance due to the restrictions imposed by the de facto authorities in the context of the pandemic.
According to the information the Democracy Research Institute was provided with, no one is fully following the World Health Organization recommendations in occupied Akhalgori, which increases the risk of uncontrolled spread of the infection in the region.
During the pandemic, residents of the isolated Gali district are deprived of quality medical care and access to vital services.
In early April, the de-facto Security Committee of occupied so-called South Ossetia declared the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia as the major foreign threat.
The Democracy Research Institute responds to the recent cases of restriction of media by the Central Government of Georgia to access the Kaspi, Gori, Kareli and Khashuri municipalities’ villages near the dividing occupation line.
