Saakashvili infected with COVID-19

Mikhail Saakashvili

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has tested positive for covid-19 , Shalva Khachapuridze, the politician's lawyer, told Interpressnews.

The ex-president is being treated at the Vivamed clinic in Tbilisi. According to the defender, on January 24, he again lost consciousness.

Saakashvili is 55 years old. After the end of his presidential term in 2013, he tried to engage in politics in Ukraine, but in 2021 he returned to Georgia and was arrested. Several criminal cases were initiated against him, including abuse of office, beating of an ex-deputy and embezzlement of public funds for personal needs.

Doctors reported 10 diagnoses of Saakashvili and the risk of coma and death Politics

After his arrest and placement in a pre-trial detention center, the politician went on a hunger strike several times and was transferred to the hospital. Last November, lawyers reported that Saakashvili's condition had worsened. A team of medical experts from several countries gave him ten major diagnoses. Saakashvili was diagnosed with neuropsychological and gastroenterological diseases, problems with the musculoskeletal system and vision, fever of unknown etiology, muscle spasms, anorexia and other diseases.