Head of NCDC: ‘Georgia to receive AstraZeneca vaccine after Pfizer’
Earlier in January 2021 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’. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze said Georgia will receive the AstraZeneca vaccine after Pfizer.
As for the Pfizer vaccine, Gamkrelidze said that Georgia will probably receive it after February 15.
Probably after February 15, Georgia will receive the first doses of Pfizer vaccine. This will be 29,250 doses… The medical staff will be vaccinated in the first stage, however, not all the medics throughout the country”, said Gamkrelidze.
Gamkrelidze said as there are thousands of doctors in Georgia, the first doses of Pfizer vaccine will not be enough initially.
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Amiran Gamkrelidze also said that at the first stage Georgia will receive about 300,000 doses of the Astrazeneca vaccine. Then the stock of vaccines will be gradually replenished, for which Georgia has already signed a contract.
Earlier in January 2021 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 vaccination of non-risk groups against coronavirus will start in summer or early autumn, said Deputy Head of NCDC Paata Imnadze earlier today.
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.
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 head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus earlier today.
The Georgian government expects to have vaccinated 60% of the country by the end of 2021, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia announced at today's government meeting. Gakharia said that high risk groups will be vaccinated at the first stage.
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.
Georgia has reported 544 new cases of coronavirus, 469 recoveries and 5 deaths in the past 24 hours.4,879 individuals remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia as of today.18,244 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours around the country. 11,615 of the 18,244 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 6,629 were PCR tests. Georgia has had 263,601 cases of coronavirus since February 2020. 255,385 of the 263,601 individuals have recovered, while 3,311 others have died.
Georgia will get 1.4 million doses of vaccine via the Covax (COVID-19 vaccines Global Access Facility) platform and will purchase the remaining two million doses through negotiations with EU countries and vaccine manufacturers, Deputy Health Minister of Georgia Tamar Gabunia said earlier today.