First doses of Pfizer vaccine to arrive in Georgia in late February
Georgian PM Giorgi Gakharia spoke about the vaccination with the WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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The first doses of Pfizer vaccine that will be administered to health workers are due to arrive in Georgia by late February.
Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has made an announcement following his phone conversation with the World Health Organisation (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus earlier today.
The first doses of Pfizer vaccine are due to arrive in ???????? by late February. Special thanks to my country’s & my personal friend, @DrTedros for supporting ????????. According to the National Plan for Vaccination, first dozes will be administered to healthcare workers. #VaccineWorks pic.twitter.com/WDerVArcq9
— Giorgi Gakharia (@GakhariaGiorgi) January 30, 2021
The WHO head tweeted separately as well that health and care workers who 'have been on the frontlines' of the Covid-19 pandemic, 'are often under-protected and over-exposed'. Therefore, 'they need vaccines now'.
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Earlier this month foreign ministers of 13 member states of the European Union have called on the European Commission ‘to set up a support mechanism’ to allow the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine - ‘secure early access to COVID-19 vaccine’.
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.
Foreign Ministers of 13 member states of the European Union have called on the European Commission ‘to set up a support mechanism’ to allow the Eastern Partnership countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine - ‘secure early access to COVID-19 vaccine’. The letter initiated by Lithuania was signed by the FMs of Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia and Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus spoke of the global pandemic, Georgia’s efforts to curb spread of coronavirus and the vaccination process during a phone conversation earlier today.
Ambassador of Georgia to the UN Office in Geneva Alexandre Maisuradze and Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus have discussed the current coronavirus situation in Georgia and the measures taken by the Georgian government in response to the coronavirus crisis at today's meeting, announces the Georgian Foreign Ministry.
A total of 479 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Georgia after 12,700 tests have been conducted over the last 24 hours. The number of active coronavirus cases now stands at 5,879. Georgia has confirmed a total of 258,111 cases of Covid-19 since last February.
Head of Infectious Diseases and AIDS Centre Tengiz Tsertsvadze says the reception of the first doses of Pfizer vaccine will mark 'the beginning of the end’ of the coronavirus pandemic. "Congratulations! It has been officially confirmed that Georgia will be one of the first developing countries to receive the first dose of the highest quality vaccine in the shortest time”, Tsertsvadze wrote in a Facebook post yesterday.
Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze said Georgia will receive the AstraZeneca vaccine after Pfizer.
About 14,000 individuals have been selected in Georgia to be vaccinated for coronavirus in the first stage and all of them are medical workers, announces Head of the National Disease Control Centre Amiran Gamkrelidze.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia and healthcare experts have discussed earlier today how the country is preparing for Covid-19 vaccination and following the national vaccination plan, which aims to vaccinate 60% of the population by the end of this year.
Georgia will receive first doses of Covid-19 vaccine in early March instead of February, said Tengiz Tsertsvadze today.
While discussing the Covid-19 vaccination process with Director-General of the WHO Tedros Adanom Gebreisus, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has stated the government is doing its best for Georgia to receive first doses of vaccine as soon as possible.
Covid-19 vaccine platform Covax explains that in February the vaccine was sent only to countries that met the criteria set by them, announces local media outlet Interpressnews.