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.
He also noted that only 50% of this age group is vaccinated in Georgia, noting that ‘we are working on’ vaccinating 90% of people over the age of 60.
The bonus is given to pensioners who get a first dose of the vaccine before January 1, 2022.
Per data from the Social Service Agency, a total of 92,110 people have received the 200 GEL pension bonus so far, totalling 18,422,000 GEL, local media outlet Netgazeti reports.
The Georgian government aimed to vaccinate 30,000 people daily in order to reach its vaccination goal of 60% of the country’s population by the end of this year; but Gamkrelidze stated that it is expected that, by the end of December, 40% of the adult population will be vaccinated.
Overall, 1,088,111 people are fully vaccinated in Georgia as of today, amounting to 37.9% of the adult population, while 13,743 people received a Covid-19 vaccine dose yesterday.
A total of 50,209 individuals have received their booster shots in the country.
Georgia has registered 3,282 new cases of coronavirus, 3,263 recoveries and 53 deaths in the last 24 hours, while the number of active cases in the country is 34,204.