New Covid-19 vaccination centre opens at Georgian National University SEU
The vaccination centre will be open every day, including weekends, from 10:00 to 18:00. Photo: SEU.
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A large new Covid-19 vaccination centre will open today at Georgian National University (SEU), where the public will be able to receive Pfizer, Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines against Covid-19 without any prior registration, announces the Ministry of Health of Georgia.
The vaccination centre will be open every day, including weekends, from 10:00 to 18:00.
While public transport is suspended until September 4, special transport lines are operating in the capital city of Tbilisi to ensure the population has access to vaccination centres.
As of August 18, a total of 605,609 people have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in Georgia, while 251,447 people are fully vaccinated in the country, announces the National Center for Disease Control.
Individuals who are unable to visit vaccination centres due to health conditions are able to call the hotline 1522 and ask for vaccination service at home.
Georgian public service halls and community centres in various regions of Georgia have started issuing Covid cards for Georgian citizens, the Georgian government administration announces. The application submission for the card is free of charge and only identification (ID) cards are required.
Mandatory testing for Covid-19 will not be free of charge for unvaccinated Georgian citizens starting September 15, Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze announced earlier today.
Wearing of facemasks outdoors has become mandatory in Georgia starting today as coronavirus cases continue to surge in the country, hitting 6,208 daily infections today. Now individuals will have to wear facemasks both indoors and outdoors. Georgia lifted the regulation of wearing facemasks outdoors in June 2021.However, wearing facemasks outdoors where at least five people have gathered became mandatory again starting early August because the coronavirus cases began to surge in Georgia starting July 2021.
Two new mass vaccination centres have opened in Georgia, where people can get vaccination without any prior registration. One vaccination centre was opened at the Mtskheta-Mtianeti regional sports complex, while the other was opened at Georgian Technical University, in the capital city of Tbilisi.
Paramedics and ambulance personnel in Georgia will receive 500 GEL (about $160/€136) salary supplements, Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze has announced today.
Georgia has reported 4,921 new cases of coronavirus, 4,471 recoveries and 58 deaths in the past 24 hours. 57,704 remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia currently.49,468 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 29,152 of the 49,468 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 20,316 were PCR tests. The country has had 501,297 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020.
Vaccination rates for teachers in Georgia stand at 40%, Deputy Minister of Education Ekaterine Dgebuadze stated earlier today.