Belgium to donate doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Georgia
Vaccination against Covid-19 in Georgia is available with Pfizer, Sinopharm, Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines. Photo: The Guardian.
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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.
Four million vaccines, from reserves purchased by Belgium from pharmaceutical producers, will be redirected to third countries through various mechanisms,” reads the statement.
Belgium prioritises donating the vaccine ‘to the countries of the Western Balkans, the Eastern Neighbourhood and Southern Europe, as well as to Africa.’
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani thanked the Belgian government for the donation:
Grateful to my counterpart @Sophie_Wilmes & ???????? gov't for donating 86.4k doses of #AstraZeneca vaccine to ????????. Your support in the difficult time of pandemic is very important for us! @BelgiumMFA
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) August 4, 2021
Recently, Georgia received 500,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine donated by the US government and 15,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine which were contributed by Lithuania.
Vaccination against Covid-19 in Georgia is available with Pfizer, Sinopharm, Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines.
Foreign citizens residing in Georgia can receive coronavirus vaccine in the three largest cities of Georgia: Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi.
Registration for vaccination is available online at booking.moh.gov.ge.
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.’
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.
Vaccinated individuals can receive a certification of their status for the purpose of traveling abroad at the medical institution where they received their jab, the Georgian Health Ministry stated today. The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) will also issue a certificate of vaccination for Covid-19. At the request of the receiving country, this certificate can be verified by an apostille from the Public Service Development Agency.
500,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine donated by the United States have arrived in Georgia. Registration for the vaccine starts at 12 p.m. today via the booking.moh.gov.ge website. Meanwhile, Georgia has also received 15,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine donated by Lithuania.
Georgia has reported 3,780 new cases of coronavirus earlier today. Currently 38,806 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in the country.
“The bed capacity of intensive care units for Covid-19 patients has reached its limit”, Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze announced earlier today.
Health authorities have reported 4,216 new confirmed cases in Georgia along with 38 deaths over the past 24 hours.
Georgia has reported 3,344 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, with 30 deaths and the daily rate of vaccine jabs of 19,355.
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.'