Edict No. 2 of 21 April 2020 of President of Georgia on Declaration of State of Emergency throughout Whole Territory of Georgia

This Edict (Order) extends the state of emergency declared throughout the whole territory of Georgia under Edict No 1 of 21 March 2020 of the President of Georgia 'On the Declaration of the State of Emergency throughout the Whole Territory of Georgia' to 22 May 2020 inclusive. The original period of state of emergency was from 21 March to 21 April 2020. This Edict cites the following grounds to the extension: the declaration of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020; the increased cases of infection of people in the country; the necessity to prevent the mass spread of the virus as much as possible and to maintain its efficient management, as well as to enable the State to fulfil its constitutional obligation to ensure public safety necessary for the democratic society, and to reduce any possible threat to the life and health of the population of the country, in accordance with Article 71(2) of the Constitution of Georgia and Article 2(1) of the Law of Georgia on State of Emergency.