Head of Infectious Disease Centre: ‘nearly 50 k vaccine doses should be administered daily to stop the pandemic’
A total of 2,066,159 individuals have received at least one dose of the vaccine in the country so far. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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“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.
Tsertsvadze said that the recently launched 200 GEL pension bonuses is a good incentive for individuals over 60 years of age.
Tsertsvadze also noted that despite the alarming situation, additional restrictions or lock downs are not planned in the country.
Some European countries, including the Netherlands and Austria, have already announced additional restrictions, even though the majority of the population is fully vaccinated there. Additional restrictions will lead Georgia to another economic crisis”, said Tsertsvadze.
Georgian Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said yesterday that the epidemic situation in the country remains ‘tense’, but the increasing number of daily vaccinations ‘gives hope’.
Earlier in November Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that pensioners who are vaccinated against Covid-19 by January 1, 2022 will receive 200 GEL (about $63.29/€54.71) in pension bonuses.
Pensioners will receive the 200 GEL bonus after their first vaccine dose.
Georgian Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia and head of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze said earlier today that the epidemic situation in the country remains ‘tense,’ but the increasing number of daily vaccinations ‘gives hope.’ Georgia has reported 5,204 new COVID-19 cases, 4,785 recoveries and 83 deaths in the last 24 hours.
European Union now recognises COVID-19 vaccination certificates issued by Georgia. The EU is now also accepting COVID certificates from two other non-EU countries – Moldova and Serbia. A total of 49 countries’ COVID-19 vaccination certificates are now recognised by the EU, of which 22 are non-EU countries.
Georgian citizens over the age of 18 will be given a third dose (booster shot) of the COVID-19 vaccine, Georgian Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia announced today.
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.
The Georgian Ministry of Health has launched a COVID pass smartphone application Georgia e-Health which displays an individual's COVID-19 vaccination records, as well as the latest PCR and antigen test results. Georgia e-Health is available both on App Store and Google Play. Following the installation, an individual needs to register in the system. Afterwards, one's vaccination, testing, and recovery information will be displayed automatically.
Georgia has reported 4,446 new cases of coronavirus, 5,320 recoveries and 77 deaths in the past 24 hours.
“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 4,318 new cases of coronavirus, 2,457 recoveries and 70 deaths in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate for tested individuals stands at 9%. A total of 52,962 tests have been conducted around the country during the last 24 hours. 32,513 of them were rapid tests, while the remaining 20,449 were PCR tests.
Georgia has reported 1,851 new cases of coronavirus, 5,530 recoveries and 55 deaths in the past 24 hours.