Georgia allows Covid vaccination for ages 12-15
Georgia also allowed a booster dose for any individual in the country over 18. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has given the green light for coronavirus vaccination for teenagers between 12 and 15 years of age with the German-US Pfizer vaccine, Georgian Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia stated earlier today.
From now on, teenagers aged 12-15 are able to receive the Pfizer vaccine at vaccination centres across the country if they have a consent from their parents,” Gabunia said.
She noted that any Georgian citizen over 18 will also be able to receive a booster dose.
Individuals will be permitted to receive the booster dose after six months from the second shot of any Covid vaccine available in Georgia.
However, the country’s elderly population, over 60, will be allowed to receive the booster dose after three months from the second shot.
Coronavirus daily cases are still surging in Georgia.
The country has reported 6,021 new cases of coronavirus, 3,792 recoveries and 75 deaths in the past 24 hours.
53,536 remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia.
2,010,783 individuals have been vaccinated in Georgia since March 2021 of which 954,991 have been completely vaccinated.
Georgia has reported 6,021 new cases of coronavirus, 3,792 recoveries and 75 deaths over the last 24 hours.
A smartphone application attesting to an individual’s Covid-19 vaccination status in Georgia will soon be released, and will be necessary to enter a number of indoor and outdoor public places starting December 1.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has announced that pensioners who are vaccinated against COVID-19 before January 1, 2022, will receive 200 GEL (about $63.29 / €54.71) pension bonuses. At a government session held earlier today, Garibashvili said that in order to encourage vaccination among the elderly, pensioners will receive 200 GEL bonuses after their first vaccine doses.
Covid-19 ‘green’ passes will come into force in Georgia starting December 1, obliging the public to present proof of vaccination, testing or recovery from Covid-19 when entering certain establishments.
Georgia has reported 5,751 new cases of coronavirus, 3,647 recoveries and 57 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Georgia has reported 4,563 new cases of coronavirus, 4,744 recoveries and 77 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Georgia has reported 4,445 new cases of coronavirus, 3,508 recoveries and 77 deaths over the last 24 hours.
Head of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze said some people may need a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Georgia has reported 4,732 new cases of coronavirus, 4,912 recoveries and 72 deaths in the past 24 hours.
“Nearly 50,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses daily should be administered in Georgia in order to stop the pandemic”, Head of Infectious Diseases and AIDS Centre Tengiz Tsertsvadze said earlier today.
“Nine out of every 100 COVID-infected children need to be placed in hospital”, medical director of Iashvili Children Hospital and Head of Immunization Council Ivane Chkhaidze said.
Georgia has reported 4,287 new cases of coronavirus, 4,154 recoveries and 63 deaths in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate has gone down to 8.37 % of tested individuals for Covid-19 as of November 19 in comparison to the last seven days.
122 Georgian children infected with COVID-19 are currently undergoing treatment in Tsitsishvili Children's Clinic in Tbilisi. Fourteen are in critical condition, the clinic director Maia Chkhaidze stated.
Georgia has reported 1,851 new cases of coronavirus, 5,530 recoveries and 55 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Georgia will receive up to 50,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for Covid-19, designated for children aged between five and 12, in the second quarter of this year, the head of the National Center for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze announced today.