When will Georgia receive its first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine?
The Georgian government has plans to vaccinate 60 per cent of the population of 3.7 million this year. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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While discussing the Covid-19 vaccination process with Director-General of the WHO Tedros Adanom Gebreisus, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has stated the government is doing its best for Georgia to receive first doses of vaccine as soon as possible.
During a phone call with Gebreisus, Garibashvili also discussed the difficulties and delays in the vaccination process and the importance of the support of WHO (World Health Organisation) in a timely start to the inoculation process in Georgia.
Great discussion w/ @DrTedros about the global pandemic situation & the importance of fair vaccine distribution. We highly appreciate the active support of @WHO to accelerate the vaccination process & accomplish our goal of immunizing 60% of the population by the end of the year.
— Irakli Garibashvili (@GharibashviliGe) February 26, 2021
Garibasvhvili also noted that in addition to the Covax platform (COVID-19 vaccines Global Access Facility), the state is in active negotiations with international partners and vaccine manufacturers to receive the first doses of the vaccine in a timely manner.
While talking about the global pandemic, Garibashvili and Gebreisus also talked about the importance of equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines so that all states enjoy equal opportunities in this regard.
Garibashvili also said that even the countries with the strongest economies were hit as a result of the pandemic and Georgia is not an exception.
One year has passed since the first case of the new coronavirus was detected in Georgia. For a year now, the whole world has been living completely differently, in a difficult mode. Countries with the strongest economies have been hit the hardest. Georgia is not an exception. The pandemic affected everyone and everything”, said Garibashvili.
Officials of the Health Ministry and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said earlier in February that Georgia would receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine by the end of February. However, on February 24 the Health Ministry said that the exact date of Covid-19 vaccine import was not known yet.
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The Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia said the delay is linked to ‘additional demands from Pfizer, though she did not specify what kind of demands the company has.
The first Covid-19 vaccine to be introduced in Georgia is the Pfizer vaccine.
The Ministry of Health said earlier in February that Georgia would receive 29,250 doses of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of the month, which would suffice for nearly 14,500 medical workers.
Health officials also said that after the Pfizer vaccine, Georgia would receive 31,500 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in early March via the Covax platform, while the other 150,000 doses would be imported based on direct negotiations with the British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca.
The Georgian government has plans to vaccinate 60 per cent of the country’s population of 3.7 million people this year.
Georgian Health Officials say that the country will be able to receive only 200,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine against coronavirus as of today as Georgia lacks refrigeration facilities to keep the vaccines in mandatory -80 degree conditions.
The Pfizer vaccine may be the first vaccine Georgia uses to combat the coronavirus in the near future, said Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze earlier today.
The first doses of Pfizer vaccine that will be administered to health workers are due to arrive in Georgia by late February. Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has made an announcement following his phone conversation with the World Health Organisation head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus earlier today.
The Georgian government expects to have vaccinated 60% of the country by the end of 2021, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia announced at today's government meeting. Gakharia said that high risk groups will be vaccinated at the first stage.
Georgia has reported 373 new cases of coronavirus after conducting 34,933 tests over the last 24 hours.
Covid-19 vaccine platform Covax explains that in February the vaccine was sent only to countries that met the criteria set by them, announces local media outlet Interpressnews.
Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia has responded to a statement issued by the Covid-19 vaccine platform Covax which explained the delay in the delivery of the vaccine as being due to the fact that vaccines were only sent to countries that met the criteria and Georgia was not among them.
Georgia has reported 461 new cases of coronavirus, 163 recoveries and 12 deaths in the past 24 hours.
“Be assured that Georgia will receive its first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine via the Covax platform this month”, Head of the National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said at a briefing earlier today.
The Pfizer vaccine is expected to arrive in Georgia in the week of March 22, announces Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia. Gabunia said that the AstraZeneca vaccine may also be introduced in the country by the end of March.
Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze has stated that 43,200 doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine will enter Georgia this weekend. She stated medical personnel and risk groups will be vaccinated first. Tikaradze said that Georgia is likely to receive 29,250 doses of Pfizer vaccine by the end of March.