Head of NCDC: once a vaccine is approved, it will be available to the Georgian population
Georgia has ordered vaccines for one-fifth of the population which is about 700,000 people, and will sign for the pre-order with GAVI on September 18, while before October 8 Georgia has to pay the first deposit. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Once a vaccine for the coronavirus is approved, it will be available to the Georgian population, at first primarily to risk groups, said Head of the National Disease Control Centre Amiran Gamkrelidze earlier today.
He said that the country has already expressed interest in participating in GAVI, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, which seeks to ensure that countries across the world have access to a vaccine when one becomes valuable.
Georgia has ordered vaccines for one-fifth of the population which is about 700,000 people, and will sign for the pre-order with GAVI on September 18, while before October 8 Georgia has to pay the first deposit.
He added that this sum will guarantee that once the vaccine is approved by the World Health Organization it will be sent to Georgia.
As of now, 165 countries are engaged in COVID-19 vaccine global access facility.
75 countries will finance the vaccines from their own public finance budgets. However, these countries are partners with 90 lower-income countries that could be supported through voluntary donations to Gavi’s COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC).