Czech deputy health minister, business delegation visiting Georgia to discuss cooperation in medical field
Czech Deputy Helath Minister has met Georgian Deputy Minister of Health and Head of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health. Photo: Embassy of Czechia in Georgia.
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Czech Deputy Minister of Health Radek Policar is visiting Georgia to discuss further cooperation perspectives in fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond with the Georgian authorities, announces the Embassy of Czechia in Georgia.
Policar has met Georgian Deputy Minister of Health Tamar Gabunia and Head of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health Amiran Gamkrelidze.
At the meeting with Gabunia, Policar shared the Czech experience in fighting Covid-19 pandemic, while with Gamkrelidze he discussed ways to further strengthen existing cooperation.
"Besides protective materials deliveries and rural doctors training in the beginning of the pandemic the Czechia assisted Georgia with creation of the online vaccination registration portal, which helps the Ministry of Health to prioritise age groups according to national vaccination plan and avoid disorganised queues of citizens. Both sides also discussed future development of the local oncology registry", reads the press-release published by the embassy.
The health sector is one of three priority sectors of the Czech Development Cooperation in Georgia and we will keep medical cooperation high on the agenda in the future as well”, Ambassador of Czechia Petr Mikyska said.
In addition to Policar, a Czech business delegation has also visited Georgia to participate in the Medical Business Forum held today by the embassy.
Czech companies LINET, Codaco, PharmData, TestLine, ProSpon, MZ Liberec, TSE, SMT, Advanced Medical Solutions, Nafigo, WPA Nanotechnologies and PROMA REHA presented their products to 15 Georgian medical distributors and medical companies at the forum.
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Czechia has given thermal scanners to Georgia’s western Zugdidi Screening Centre, which will be used to identify individuals that may have COVID-19 symptoms in the region.
Georgia and the Czech Republic have discussed growing business and economic ties between these two countries, at the fifth Georgia-Czech Intergovernmental Economic Committee session in Prague, earlier today.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has held a meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek, who is currently on an official visit to Georgia. Minister Zalkaliani thanked the Czech Republic for steady support to Georgian Euro-Atlantic course and said the countries collaborate intensively in politics, culture and economy.
Georgia has reported 986 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting a total of 43,286 tests over the last 24 hours. Out of the 986 new cases 535 were reported in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
The European Union, along with France and the Czech Republic, has launched a new project Strengthening Social Protection in Georgia, which aims to improve and extend social protection services in Georgia. The goals of the project are making social services more accessible on local levels, improving information analysis on social issues, and assisting in development of the Social Code in Georgia.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and a group of MPs on Friday visited children patients with leukaemia in a Tbilisi clinic to bring messages of congratulation on the holiday season and wishes for the new year.