PM Garibashvili: ‘Georgia will import an additional 1 mln doses of Pfizer vaccine in summer’
As of now, Georgia is using AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Sinopharm vaccines for certain groups of people. Photo: shutterstock.
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The Georgian government is negotiating with Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers and is going to import an additional one million doses of Pfizer in June or July, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said today.
Garibashvili said he was personally involved in the process of negotiations and held a number of phone conversations with the president of Pfizer.
PM Garibashvili also said negotiations are progressing with Sinopharm and Sinovac pharmaceuticals on the supply of additional doses of Covid-19 vaccines. The same, he said, applies to Moderna and Novovaxon and the procurement of new vaccines.
We [the Georgian Gov’t] are quite optimistic. Agreements have been already signed and additional doses will be received in the coming months. No delays will occur in the process of vaccination”, said Garibashvili.
Georgia started coronavirus vaccination in mid-March when the country received the first 43,200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine.
As of now, Georgia is using AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Sinopharm vaccines for certain groups of people.
Those eligible for vaccination can register at booking.moh.gov.ge.
Georgia has received the 100,000 doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine earlier today. However, Sinopharm vaccination will not start until it received approval from the World Health Organisation.
Mass Covid-19 immunisation is expected to start in Georgia in July, announces Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze, adding that it does not mean that getting the vaccination against coronavirus will become mandatory.
Vaccination with Pfizer will be allowed in four clinics of Tbilisi: Republican Hospital, Bokeria clinic, Caucasus Medical Centre and Amtel hospital, in two clinics of Kutaisi and in Batumi Republican Hospital in the Adjara region. Individuals receiving either the AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines against Covid-19 will have to stay at clinics for 45 minutes, instead of 30 minutes to be observed if there are any adverse effects.
UNICEF Representative in Georgia Ghassan Khalil has received the coronavirus vaccine. "Vaccination is crucial in combating this pandemic which is affecting every one of us and children as well. No one is safe until everyone is safe”, he said.
Georgia has reported 1,562 new cases of coronavirus, 1,490 recoveries and 30 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Covid-19 vaccination of prisoners has started today in Georgia, reports the Georgian Justice Ministry.
Georgia has reported 1,104 new cases of coronavirus, 1,603 recoveries and 21 deaths in the past 24 hours. 29,032 tests have been conducted around the country on the weekend. 16,256 of the 29,032 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 12,776 were PCR tests. The country has had 334,705 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. 4.39 per cent of tested individuals had Covid-19 in the past 14 days.
Georgia will receive an additional one million doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in the coming months, local media outlets report.
Georgia will receive an additional 43,200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in mid-June, while the country will import half a million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine not later than early July, Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze said earlier today.
Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said Georgia will receive 700 thousand doses of Novavax and up to 130 thousand doses of Johnson &Johnson Covid-19 vaccines in the third quarter of 2021 via the Covax platform.
Georgia has reported 504 new cases of Covid-19,1,201 recoveries and 17 deaths over the last 24 hours. The new cases have been confirmed after conducting a total of 18,288 tests, which included 9,783 PCR tests and 8,505 rapid tests.
Georgia has reported 307 new cases of coronavirus, 1,014 recoveries and 24 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Georgia has reported 1,023 new cases of coronavirus, 510 recoveries and 17 deaths in the past 24 hours. 29,517 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 21,585 of the 29,517 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 7,932 were PCR tests. The country has had 350,428 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. 2.81 per cent of tested individuals had Covid-19 in the past 14 days.
A third dose of Covid-19 vaccines will likely be needed to build stronger artificial immunity in the population, Head of the National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said today.
Covid-19 vaccination centres will be set up in shopping malls starting July, Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia announced earlier today.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has presented his annual report, as well as the government’s 10-year development plan in the state legislature earlier today. Garibashvili said that the government’s goal is to increase GDP per capita to $10,000 over the next ten years and to decrease the unemployment rate to nine percent. He stated that the government will subsidise mortgage loans for families with children and boost support for policemen, soldiers and doctors.
Children 16 and 17 years of age may receive Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine this autumn in Georgia, Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze has stated today.
Georgia will receive one million doses of Sinopharm and Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines by the end of the week, Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze has stated earlier today.
Georgia has reported a total of 1,808 new cases of coronavirus after conducting 15,268 PCR and 19,711 rapid tests over the last 24 hours. Out of the 1,808 new cases 1,046 were reported in Tbilisi.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has announced today that the government is working to bring another 2 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Georgia. He said that if the pace of vaccination continues at this rate 'we can expect 2 million people to be vaccinated by the end of September'.