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.
Democracy Research Institute continues to monitor the far-right groups’ and their leaders’ discourse on social and online media.
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.