Head of NCDC: Georgia will receive Novavax, Johnson & Johnson vaccines in third quarter of 2021

Registration for vaccination in Georgia is available via booking.moh.gov.ge. Photo: UNICEF Georgia/Twitter archive.

Agenda.ge, 03 Jun 2021 - 18:56, Tbilisi,Georgia

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.

Gamkrelidze also said that Georgia will receive additional one million doses of Pfizer and half a million doses of Sinopharm vaccines in June or July.

Covid-19 vaccination process started on March 15 in Georgia when the country received 43,000 doses of AstraZeneca  vaccine.