Estonia gifts 100,000 Covid-19 vaccines to Georgia
Georgia started coronavirus vaccination in mid-March when the country received 43,200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. Photo: gov.ge.
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Georgia will receive 100,000 Covid-19 vaccines from Estonia, announces Estonian Foreign Ministry.
An official statement of the ministry reads that in addition to Georgia, Estonia will also support to Eastern neighbour Moldova by donating another 100,000 doses Covid-19 vaccines.
Estonia will also support our Eastern neighbour Moldova ???????? by donating 100 000 doses of vaccine and will donate another 100 000 doses of vaccine to our partner Georgia ????????. @MoldovaMFA @MFAgovge
— Estonian MFA ???????? (@MFAestonia) June 17, 2021
Georgia started coronavirus vaccination in mid-March when the country received 43,200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine.
The country is currently using Sinovac, Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer vaccines for certain groups of individuals.
Registration for vaccination is available on booking.moh.gov.ge.
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