“Regarding the re-closure of the state border - there is no question in this format,” he said in an interview with Izvestia.

Bzhania noted that in the first days after the opening of the border with Russia, an increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 was recorded. However, to call it a flash, in the president's opinion, is redundant.

“This has nothing to do with Russian tourists, but because of the neglect of sanitary standards in one of the hospitals in the city of Sukhum,” Bzhania added.

On August 1, the President of Abkhazia commented on the opening of borders with Russia.