Subject: RE: Concerns on the period of the Epidemiological survey for children
From: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>
To: a b <[email-masked]>
Cc: Ketevan Goginashvili <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 08:59:33 +0000

Dear Audrius
Many thanks for your e-mail and bringing this to my attention. As of now school should resume normal activities on March 17th, after their normal holidays are over. At this stage we should still aim to have the survey done in April. I will let you know if due to CovID19 related concerns schools remain closed for a longer time period. 

პატივისცემით,
თამარ გაბუნია
მინისტრის პირველი მოადგილე

Sincerely,
Tamar Gabunia, MD, MPH
First Deputy Minister

-----Original Message-----
From: a b [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: 5 March, 2020 10:27
To: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>
Cc: Ketevan Goginashvili <[email-masked]>
Subject: Concerns on the period of the Epidemiological survey for children 

Dear Vice-minister Tamar Gabunia,

I hope you are doing well. 
As you probably know, we already prepared methodology and other procedural documents and we are waiting for the authorization for this survey from the Ministry of Education, Health, Culture and Sports.
It was planned to perform the survey from 1 of April to the end of May this year. 
However, we are concern on the development of coronavirus (Covid-19) and the probability that schools  can be still closed in April. Our supplier Health Research Union expressed similar concerns. 

I would like to ask your opinion or recommendations on the performance period of the epidemiological survey for children: shall we begin in April anyway or it is reasonable to postpone this survey for autumn? 
Thank you.

Yours faithfully 

Audrius Bitinas
Team leader
AFD Technical assistance project