Registration for Sinopharm vaccine starts in Georgia 12 p.m. today
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has called on the Georgian citizens to 'show civil responsibility' and register for vaccination. Photo: Reuters/Akhtar Soomro
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Registration for the first dose of Sinopharm vaccine starts 12 p.m. in Georgia.
The registration is available via booking.moh.gov.ge as well as the health ministry hotline 1522. Those registered can already receive their first doses of the vaccine on Monday, July 5.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) approved the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use in all countries, giving the green light for this vaccine to be rolled out globally, including in Georgia in early May.
The Sinopharm is an inactivated vaccine called SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell), produced by Beijing Bio-Institute of Biological Products Co Ltd, subsidiary of China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
WHO recommends the vaccine for adults 18 years and older, in a two-dose schedule with a spacing of three to four weeks.
Vaccine efficacy for symptomatic and hospitalised disease was estimated to be 79%, all age groups combined.
Georgia received the first 100,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine on April 3, while Sinopharm vaccination started a month later on May 4 a couple of days before it received WHO's green light.
The additional one million doses of two Chinese vaccines Sinopharm and Sinovac arrived in Georgia yesterday.
Registration for Sinovac vaccine will also start in the coming days.
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.
One million doses of Chinese Sinopharm and Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines have arrived in Georgia and the country is starting mass vaccination on July 5, announces Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. In addition, Garibashvili announced that one million doses of Pfizer vaccine will be gradually introduced in the country starting July.
Fully vaccinated Georgian citizens are able to travel to the Netherlands starting July 1 for tourism purposes, announces the Embassy of Georgia in the Netherlands. People travelling to the Netherlands must be fully vaccinated with vaccines recognised by the European Medicines Agency or by the World Health Organisation.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use in all countries, giving the green light for this vaccine to be rolled out globally, including in Georgia.
Georgia has reported 1,026 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting a total of 33,002 tests over the last 24 hours. Out of the 1,026 new cases 633 were reported in Tbilisi.
Georgian citizens eligible for Sinopharm vaccination cannot register as the Ministry of Health vaccine registration page, booking.moh.gov.ge, has been shut down following a cyber attack.
The Georgian Ministry of Health webpage for Covid-19 vaccination registration, booking.moh.gov.ge, which was disabled disabled following a cyber attack yesterday, is now back online.
Georgia has reported 1,407 new cases of coronavirus, 591 recoveries and 10 deaths in the past 24 hours. In total, 25,606 tests have been conducted around the country of which 15,693 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 9,913 were PCR tests. Since February 26, 2020 Georgia has had 371,293 cases of coronavirus, 355,718 recoveries and 5,383 deaths.
Georgia has reported 1,392 new cases of coronavirus, 531 recoveries and 11 deaths in the past 24 hours. In total, 38,136 tests have been conducted around the country of which 17,650 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 20,486 were PCR tests.
In total, 111,589 people (or 3% of total population) are fully vaccinated and 283,631 people (or 7.6% of total population) have received one dose of Covid-19 vaccine in Georgia as of July 8, announces Georgia's National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Georgia has received 100,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine from the Georgia Red Cross Society, which is a gift from the Red Cross of China. Georgia Red Cross Society is actively involved in ‘timely, effective and safe implementation of the mass immunization’.