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"We hope tourists will come" - residents of Abkhazia awaiting end of quarantine, opportunity to earn. Video

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Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in Abkhazia, 38 people have been infected, and one 95-year-old woman has died. There have been no new cases for more than two weeks.

But all residents of Abkhazia have felt the economic consequences of the quarantine. Summer and tourists coming from Russia are the main source of income for the majority of the population.

But the border is closed, and the tourist season is in danger of being lost entirely.

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