Parliament to approve coronavirus vaccination-related amendments this week
The Georgian parliament will hold an extraordinary session this week to approve the changes to the country’s Law on Public Health.Photo: parliament of Georgia press office.
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The Georgian parliament has plans to approve coronavirus vaccination-related changes to the country’s Law on Public Health this week, leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party Mamuka Mdinaradze stated earlier today.
He said that the amendments initiated by the ruling party will concern the provision of coronavirus vaccines and the responsibility of the state if the vaccines cause side effects amongst the population.
Mdinaradze said that the state will take responsibility for side effects if there will have been no procedural violations by importers, the medical personnel administering the vaccine or the hospital where the vaccination takes place.
The state responsibility will mainly concern the funding of treatment (of the side effects) and rehabilitation.
Coronavirus cases began to surge in Georgia in mid-September 2020. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
He said that the country will provide only vaccines which are and will be approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Georgia has plans to vaccinate 60 per cent of its adult population this year.
The country is likely to receive Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines in the first quarter of 2021.
A recent poll by NDI says that 41 per cent of the country’s population is ready to be vaccinated.
The vaccination of non-risk groups against coronavirus will start in summer or early autumn, said Deputy Head of NCDC Paata Imnadze earlier today.
Georgian Health Officials say that the country will be able to receive only 200,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine against coronavirus as of today as Georgia lacks refrigeration facilities to keep the vaccines in mandatory -80 degree conditions.
The Pfizer vaccine may be the first vaccine Georgia uses to combat the coronavirus in the near future, said Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze earlier today.
Georgia has reported 298 new cases of coronavirus, 1,311 recoveries and 16 deaths in the past 24 hours. 7,323 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today. 6,868 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours around the country.2,686 of the 6,868 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 4,182 were PCR tests. Georgia has had 253,816 cases of coronavirus since February 2020. 243,396 of the 253,816 individuals have recovered, while 3,071 others have died.
Georgia has reported 1,006 new cases of coronavirus, 1,050 recoveries and 25 deaths in the past 24 hours. 7,254 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today.
Deputy Head of Georgia's National Centre for Disease Control Paata Imnadze says that 60% of the Georgian population should be vaccinated by autumn 2021 in order for the country to be prepared for the winter season.