Georgia will receive 15,000 Covid-19 vaccines from Lithuania, announces Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis.
He posted on his Twitter account that the Lithuanian government had confirmed that 200,000 vaccines would be given to Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.
As good as our word: ???????? govt just confirmed 200.000 vaccines to EaP countries. Starting with ???????? - 100k vaccines, ???????? - 15k and Moldova ????????- 11k. Small step by LTU, hopefully our partners in Europe will join in solidarity with many more!
— Gabrielius Landsbergis (@GLandsbergis) May 14, 2021
Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Davit Zalkaliani also posted on Twitter that he is thankful for Lithuania's support and 'for their cooperation during Covid-19 pandemic'.
A huge thank you 2 our true friend & firm supporter - ????????, 4 their cooperation during #COVID19 pandemic & 15k vaccines that are 2 be sent 2 ????????. We continue working W our partners on additional vaccine doses. Solidarity is pivotal in such complicated times ✊. @GLandsbergis https://t.co/qd3IWqkEgI
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) May 14, 2021
Georgia has reported 1,390 new cases of coronavirus, 1,070 recoveries and 18 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Since February 26, 2020 the country has had 327,831 cases of coronavirus, 307,334 recoveries and 4,397 deaths.