EU, WHO launch €40 mln programme for Georgia, Eastern Partnership countries to support vaccination
The new programme aims to prepare the six countries for the receipt and administering of vaccines. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The six Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine will soon benefit from a new programme launched by the European Union in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO) today worth over €40 million, that aims to ensure local readiness and preparedness for a safe and effective vaccination of the population.
Today's programme comes in addition to the €1 billion of EU assistance to address the health pandemic and support the longer term socio-economic recovery of the region", said Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi, responsible for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations.
The new programme aims to prepare the six countries for the receipt and administering of vaccines.
The programme includes risk communication and community engagement, support to vaccine supply chain management, vaccination data and safety monitoring, training of health managers and medical staff involved in the vaccination campaign, scheduling of the vaccinations, as well as key logistical support for the delivery and handling of the vaccines and supplies.
Georgia is in talks with the European Union (EU) for financial assistance for the next seven years, announces the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
The EU has announced three new projects to help victims of domestic violence, IDPs, and persons with disabilities across Georgia cope with the Covid-19 crisis, the EU representation in Georgia stated earlier today.
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a COVID-19 support package for Georgia comprised of €150 million to help the country limit the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
The EU will allocate 183 million euros for Georgia in the fight against the coronavirus, Director for the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood Lawrence Meredith has tweeted.
Georgia has reported 535 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting a total of 27,187 tests over the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, 757 people have recovered and seven others have died. As of now Georgia has confirmed a total of 265,200 cases of coronavirus, including 257,441 recoveries and 3,343 deaths, while 4,390 individuals remain infected.
Georgia has reported 357 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting 7,172 PCR tests and 12,173 rapid tests. Out of the 357 new cases 150 were confirmed in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. Meanwhile, 652 individuals have recovered and nine patients have died.
The European Union (EU) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have handed over 10 intensive care ventilators and 1,000 items of protective equipment to COVID-19 hospitals in Georgia for the treatment and care of Covid-patients.
The EU Commission has increased the assistance package for six Eastern Partnership countries from €40 million to €75 million in order to ‘deploy safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines and speed up the vaccination campaigns.’ Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine will receive the additional €35 million as a part of the assistance package ‘to substantially increase access to vaccines in the Eastern Partnership region amid the global vaccine shortage.’
Georgia’s Reforms Associates (GRASS) will deploy mobile vaccination ambulatories in Georgia’s Kvemo Kartli municipalities of Dmanisi and Marneuli within the project COVID-19: Civil Society Resilience and Sustainability.
The European Union and the World Health Organization have donated medical equipment, including 2,000 pulse oximeters and 180 oxygen concentrators to Georgia in order to help the medical facilities in rural areas of the country fight Covid-19.