Poland gifts 468,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine to Georgia
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The Polish government has gifted 468,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine to Georgia which will enter the country by the end of the week.
The first portion of the vaccine has already been transported to Georgia.
Polish Ambassador to Georgia Mariusz Maszkiewicz has stated that he is happy Poland managed to assist Georgia in this difficult time.
He said that ‘if needed, we will provide additional support.’
Georgian Deputy Health Minister, Tamar Gabunia, thanked Poland for the ‘important support,’ and stated that the part of the donated vaccines will be used as a booster dose in risk groups.
The data of the 468,000 doses expire at the end of March 2022.
511,390 Pfizer, 78,066 Sinovac and 171,079 doses of Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine are available in Georgia as of today, amid surging figures of daily infections.
Only 946,395 individuals have been completely vaccinated in Georgia since March 2021.
Georgian health officials say that the low vaccination rate ‘is alarming,’ and encourage the public to receive the vaccine.
Georgia has reported 5,206 new cases of coronavirus, 4,648 recoveries and 53 deaths in the past 24 hours.
49,619 remain infected with Covid-19 in the country.
A total of 10,238 people have died in Georgia due to coronavirus complications since April 2020.
Overall 57 fully vaccinated individuals have died from coronavirus in Georgia, totalling 1% of COVID-19 deaths, while the remaining 99% of people were unvaccinated, Deputy Head of the Georgian National Disease Control Center, Paata Imnadze, announced earlier today.
Georgian health officials say that additional coronavirus-related restrictions will not be imposed in Georgia despite the surge of COVID-19 cases.
Georgia has reported 5,206 new cases of coronavirus, 4,648 recoveries and 53 deaths in the past 24 hours. 48,615 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 32,423 of the 48,615 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 16,192 were PCR tests.
Georgia has reported 6,024 new cases of coronavirus, 3,818 recoveries and 49 deaths in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate has gone up to 9.13% in the past 14 days as of November 3.
A total of 117 medical workers and 17 pregnant women have died from Covid-19 in Georgia since the outbreak of the virus in February 2020 as of October 1, 2021, the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says in its recently released report. Between February 2020 and October 1, 2021 healthcare workers accounted for 6.4% of total confirmed cases.
Georgia has reported 5,340 new cases of coronavirus, 3,631 recoveries and 62 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Georgia has reported 4,104 new cases of the coronavirus, 4,627 recoveries and 67 deaths over the last 24 hours. A total of 37,115 tests have been conducted, including 22,126 rapid tests and 14,989 PCR tests. Out of the 4,104 new cases 1,635 were reported in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
Georgia has reported 2,191 new cases of coronavirus, 4,348 recoveries and 74 deaths over the last 24 hours.