Belgium to donate doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Georgia

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