One mln people vaccinated, 42% of Georgians recovered from COVID-19
Health officials have announced that the fifth wave of Covid-19 has already begun in the country, maintaining that ‘vaccination is the solution.’ Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Tweet 
Share
The head of Georgia's National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Amiran Gamkrelidze, has said that in spite of soaring coronavirus cases ‘there is no pressure on the healthcare system,' as about one million people are currently vaccinated, and 42% of the country’s population have recovered from the virus.
Georgia registered 5,219 new cases of coronavirus and 42 deaths in the past 24 hours, while a total of 46,872 individuals remain infected with COVID-19.
Most cases are not severe because there is no pressure on the healthcare system. I think this is due to the emergence of a certain immunity,” Gamkrelidze said.
He also stated that in Georgia’s coastal city of Batumi, 60% of people are fully vaccinated, while in Tbilisi, this figure stands at 54%.
Unfortunately, other regions, except Racha-Lechkhumi with 37%, are around 30%. Tbilisi and Adjara [Black Sea region] are in a better position,” said Gamkrelidze.
A total of 910,782 people are fully vaccinated in Georgia as of today, while 1,015,699 individuals have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. Image: datacov.mog.gov.ge.
Overall, 5,543 people were vaccinated on October 19.
Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia also noted that the hospitalisation rate in the country is ‘relatively low,’ saying that ‘this is partly due to vaccination.’
The hospitalisation rate is 12%, which is relatively lower than we had during the previous waves,” stated Gabunia.
She also said that in order to stop the spread of the infection in schools, it is necessary to increase the vaccination rate to 80%, as currently 65% of teachers are vaccinated.
[Overall] 150 schools have switched to remote studying, and in about 400 individual classes it has become necessary to stop in-person studies,” Gabunia said.
Currently, the Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines are available in all regions of Georgia.
Health officials have announced that the fifth wave of Covid-19 has already begun in the country, maintaining that ‘vaccination is the solution.’
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said the epidemiological situation in Georgia is ‘under control’ and called on the country’s citizens to get vaccinated to ‘protect our health.’
Citizens have allegedly been given Vitamin C injections instead of flu shots at Gogelia clinic in Tbilisi. People at the clinic claim that they were not shown the vaccine vials before being injected, but were asked to pay 75 GEL in advance.
Georgia has reported 5,219 new cases of coronavirus, 2,348 recoveries and 42 deaths in the last 24 hours. 45,610 remain infected with COVID-19 in Georgia.
A total 31.8% of the adult Georgian population is fully vaccinated as of October 19, while only 6,203 individuals received COVID-19 shots yesterday. Georgia has reported 5,739 new coronavirus cases and 36 deaths in the last 24 hours. The positivity rate of tested individuals has risen to 10.15%.
Head of Georgia's National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze has stated that a fifth wave of Covid-19 has already started in the country, noting that ‘vaccination is the solution.’ Georgia has reported 5,739 new cases of coronavirus and 36 deaths in the last 24 hours and currently, a total of 44,043 individuals remain infected with the virus.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has stated that the country received a million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine on October 1 and called on the Georgian population to get vaccinated, noting that ‘the Pfizer vaccine is available’ as well.
Georgia has reported 4,411 new cases of coronavirus, 2,896 recoveries and 29 deaths in the past 24 hours. A total of 48,358 remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia. Overall, 53,700 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 33,678 of the 53,700 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 20,022 were PCR tests.
A total of 63 kindergartens have closed in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi since reopening on October 4 due to soaring coronavirus cases, news agency Interpressnews (IPN) reports.
Georgia has reported a total of 4,467 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting 21,436 PCR tests and 31,051 rapid tests over the last 24 hours. The number of active cases stands at 52,601.
About 1,200 people received COVID-19 vaccines in Georgia last week during the vaccination marathon, the head of Georgia's National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Amiran Gamkrelidze, says. The vaccination marathon was launched in the country on October 18 and involved about 50 villages in various regions of Georgia, aiming to raise awareness about the benefits of vaccination.