Foreigners living in Georgia able to receive coronavirus vaccines in three clinics
Foreigners residing in Georgia are able to receive Pfizer, Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines. Photo: Reuters.
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Foreign citizens residing in Georgia who do not have a residence card or a permit are now able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the three main cities of Georgia, the Georgian Health Ministry has reported.
The healthcare facilities the foreign citizens are permitted to receive the coronavirus vaccine at are:
- Tbilisi - Academician Nikoloz Kipshidze Central University Clinic
- Batumi – Republican Hospital
- Kutaisi – Chkhobadze Disabled and Elderly Medical-Rehabilitation Clinical Center
The following individuals are eligible to enroll in Georgia’s vaccination program:
- Non-citizens legally residing in Georgia (whose legal residence is certified by a corresponding visa, residence permit or duration of a visa-free regime), with at least three months passed after entering Georgia.
- Non-citizens participating in the ‘Remotely from Georgia’ state program and their family members.
- Non-citizen students residing in Georgia with the purpose to receive an education (who did not manage to leave the country), on the basis of the list presented by the corresponding educational facility.
- Accredited diplomatic representatives from consular institutions, representatives of international organizations, foreign personnel belonging to international organizations and their family members.
- Individuals currently being held in penitentiary facilities – regardless of not possessing official identification documents.
- Non-citizens of Georgia whose family member (son/daughter, parents, spouse) is presented by a citizen of Georgia.
- Individuals residing in the occupied territories of Georgia can enroll in the vaccination program regardless of citizenship, as well as those working in projects financed by diplomatic missions and international donor organizations in the occupied territories of Georgia and their family members.
To enroll in the program and receive a vaccination, the citizen of a foreign country or a person without citizenship should present a document which will confirm they belong to any of the categories above.
Georgia has reported 4,827 new cases of coronavirus earlier today, which is a record high figure since January 2021.
Recently released IRI polls show that Georgians are ‘increasingly hesitant’ to take the Covid-19 vaccine.
Georgia has reported 2,654 new cases of coronavirus, 1,319 recoveries and 33 deaths in the past 24 hours. 431,806 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 17,708 of the 31,806 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 14,098 were PCR tests. The country has had 422,188 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020.
Georgia has reported 3,196 new cases of Covid-19, 1,147 recoveries and 27 deaths over the last 24 hours. Out of the 3,196 new cases 1,487 were reported in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
3,000 individuals who had registered for the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine were absent yesterday to receive the vaccine, head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze stated earlier today.
Georgia has reported 4,233 new cases of coronavirus earlier today. Currently 36,102 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in the country.
French Ambassador to Georgia Diego Colas has thanked the Georgian government for including foreigners in the vaccination against coronavirus earlier today. Foreigners living in Georgia are able to receive Covid-19 vaccines in the three largest cities of Georgia. Ambassador Colas noted that ‘the vaccination process in Georgia is being managed effectively.’
Belgium will donate doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Georgia through the Covax platform (Covid-19 vaccines Global Access Facility) by the end of 2021, the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. First 168,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be sent to Ukraine and afterwards, 225,600 doses of the vaccine will be delivered to Kosovo, Armenia and Georgia, the Belgian ministry announced.
Georgia has reported 3,670 new cases of coronavirus earlier today. Currently 37,108 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in the country.
The Delta variant currently accounts for over 80 per cent of Covid-19 cases in Georgia, while almost 100 per cent of infections recorded in Batumi and Tbilisi are Delta Covid-19 variants, said Deputy Director of the National Centre for Disease Control of Georgia (NCDC) Paata Imnadze earlier today.
Georgia has reported 2,236 new cases of coronavirus earlier today. Currently 40,233 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in the country.23,439 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 12,524 of the 23,439 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 10,915 were PCR tests. 3,146 individuals have recovered and 44 have died from the virus in the past 24 hours. The country has had 450,149 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020.
Wearing facemasks outdoors where at least five people have gathered has become mandatory and holding social events such as weddings, funeral feasts and birthdays are prohibited starting tomorrow in Georgia, representative of the Interagency Coordination Council Giorgi Ghibradze announced earlier today.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated earlier today that another lockdown in Georgia would be ‘absolutely unjustified’ as the country has imported more than two million doses of coronavirus vaccine. Georgian government head noted that the lockdown won’t defeat the virus and underscored that mostly it is possible through vaccination.
Ambassadors of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the EU Mission to Georgia have called on Georgian citizens to get vaccinated ‘to protect themselves and their loved ones.'