Health officials: Georgia technically ready to receive all three coronavirus vaccines approved by WHO
Georgia is likely to receive Pfizer vaccines in the first quarter of the year. Photo: Getty Images.
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Georgia is technically ready to receive and ensure the appropriate storage of all three vaccines against coronavirus which have been internationally approved, Georgian Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia stated earlier today.
She said that Georgia is likely to receive the Pfizer vaccine in the first quarter of 2021, adding that at that time the Covax international platform may also offer the vaccine produced by AstraZeneca.
82 Georgian specialists have already completed work on the technical part of the vaccination process plan. Now the legal documents are being prepared by the Health Ministry which will be sent to the administration of the government of Georgia for approval,” Gabunia said.
She stated that the legal process related to the vaccination plan will be complete by the end of the week.
Gabunia repeated that the government aims to vaccinate 60 per cent of its adult population this year.
Coronavirus cases began to surge in Georgia in mid-September 2020. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Georgia is able to receive all three vaccines which have been internationally approved as of today and provide proper storage conditions. These are the Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna vaccines. If any other vaccine appears on the market and gains international recognition we will also consider purchasing it,” Gabunia said.
Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze has stated that the government will inform the public on the lifting of several coronavirus restrictions this week.
He said that the government has plans to lift coronavirus restrictions gradually, not instantly.
Gamkrelidze said that lifting the coronavirus restrictions should start from educational facilities.
He stated that if 95 per cent of Georgians wear face masks by May 2021 daily coronavirus cases will range between 10 and 77.
The vaccination of non-risk groups against coronavirus will start in summer or early autumn, said Deputy Head of NCDC Paata Imnadze earlier today.
The Pfizer vaccine may be the first vaccine Georgia uses to combat the coronavirus in the near future, said Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze earlier today.
Georgia has reported 110 new cases of coronavirus, 1,643 recoveries and 25 deaths in the past 24 hours. 10,295 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today. 4,964 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours around the country due to the weekend.Georgia has had 247,915 cases of coronavirus since February 2020. 234,636 of the 247,915 individuals have recovered, while 2,958 others have died.
The Georgian government has plans to vaccinate 60 per cent of its population of 3.7 million this year, head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze stated earlier today.
The Georgian government expects to have vaccinated 60% of the country by the end of 2021, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia announced at today's government meeting. Gakharia said that high risk groups will be vaccinated at the first stage.
Head of Infectious Diseases and AIDS Centre Tengiz Tsertsvadze says the reception of the first doses of Pfizer vaccine will mark 'the beginning of the end’ of the coronavirus pandemic. "Congratulations! It has been officially confirmed that Georgia will be one of the first developing countries to receive the first dose of the highest quality vaccine in the shortest time”, Tsertsvadze wrote in a Facebook post yesterday.
About 14,000 medical workers will receive the Pfizer vaccine once Georgia will receive it in the middle of February, Head of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze said today.
Georgia will receive first doses of Covid-19 vaccine in early March instead of February, said Tengiz Tsertsvadze today.