Over 51,000 Georgian citizens above 60 vaccinated following launch of 200 GEL reward incentive
Overall, 998,613 people are fully vaccinated in Georgia as of today, while 13,603 people received a Covid-19 vaccine dose yesterday, out of which 70% were vaccinated with the first dose and 52% of these people were citizens over the age of 60. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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A total of 51,757 Georgian citizens over the age of 60 have received the vaccine against Covid-19 following the announcement of the Georgian government’s incentive program on November 8 which provides pensioners with a 200 GEL pension bonus, news agency Interpressnews (IPN) reports.
The bonus is given to pensioners who gets the first dose of the vaccine before January 1, 2022.
Head of Georgia's National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze has stated that the incentive ‘significantly increased’ the number of people over the age of 60 receiving the coronavirus vaccine.
51,757 people were vaccinated in 20-21 days with the daily average of 2,465. This is higher than the average of the last three months each,” Gamkrelidze said.
He also noted that the most vaccine doses were administered in August in Georgia following the import of 500,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine from the United States in late July.
Georgia has registered 5,050 new cases of coronavirus, 4,214 recoveries and 80 deaths in the last 24 hours, while the number of active cases in the country amounts to 45,362.
Overall, 998,613 people are fully vaccinated in Georgia as of today, while 13,603 people received a Covid-19 vaccine dose yesterday, out of which 70% were vaccinated with the first dose and 52% of these people were citizens over the age of 60.
Georgia has reported 5,050 new cases of coronavirus, 4,214 recoveries and 80 deaths in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate in the country stands at 8.96% as of November 30 in the last 14 days. Overall 45,362 remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia.
Georgia may issue two types of COVID passes for internal and foreign use due to the government’s decision to give the passes to the individuals who have recovered from the virus, no matter when the recovery took place, head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze stated earlier today.
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.
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.
Georgia has reported 4,459 new cases of coronavirus, 3,957 recoveries and 65 deaths in the past 24 hours. Overall 45,799 remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia.
About 100,000 Georgian citizens over the age of 60 have received a vaccine against Covid-19 following the announcement on November 8 of the Georgian government’s incentive program, which provides pensioners with a 200 GEL pension bonus, Head of Georgia's National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Amiran Gamkrelidze reported.