UPDATED: Georgian nurse who went into anaphylactic shock after receiving AstraZeneca vaccine dies
Georgian nurse Megi Bakradze developed a severe allergic reaction after receiving the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine yesterday. Photo: RFE/RL.
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Updated: 12:45
A 27-year-old Georgian nurse Megi Bakradze who went into anaphylactic shock after receiving the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine yesterday has died at First University Clinic of Tbilisi State Medical University earlier today.
Earlier: 12:00
A 27-year-old Georgian nurse Megi Bakradze who went into anaphylactic shock after receiving the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is still in a critical condition.
Bakradze, who was transported from Georgia’s town of Akhaltsikhe to the capital Tbilisi the same day, is receiving treatment at the first University Clinic of Tbilisi State Medical University.
Her heart stopped beating and we were able to restart it,” the head of the clinic Levan Ratiani told journalists earlier today.
He said that ‘no improvements’ have been detected so far and that the heart may again stop beating.
Georgia received the first 43,200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine on March 13.
Vaccination of health workers started on March 15 throughout Georgia.
Bakradze urged people to vaccinate before she developed the severe allergic reaction.
More than 3,600 health workers have received the vaccine so far and no serious side effects have been reported so far except Bakradze’s case.
Georgia decided to continue vaccination because the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) reported yesterday that the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe, following reports of the possible links between the vaccine and blood clots.
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41 individuals of the five million vaccinated individuals had the same reaction in the UK and Sweden.
Head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze has stated that 16.8 per cent of almost 60 million vaccinated individuals in Europe have developed different side effects. However, no fatalities have been recorded.
Georgia has reported 360 new cases of coronavirus, 242 recoveries and nine deaths in the past 24 hours.
Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze has announced that Georgia will continue using AstraZeneca vaccine despite the recent case of an alleged complication following vaccination in the town of Akhaltsikhe earlier today.
Megi Bakradze, a 27-year-old nurse in the Georgian town of Akhaltsikhe, developed an alleged anaphylactic reaction after receiving the first shot of AstraZeneca vaccine earlier today. She has been hospitalised in Tbilisi and her condition is severe.
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Georgian health officials have requested the Georgian church, ‘as the most trusted institution’ in the country, to encourage people to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
Following the death of 27-year-old Georgian nurse Megi Bakradze earlier today after she received the AstraZeneca vaccine on March 18 and went into anaphylactic shock, Georgian health officials have decided that vaccination will continue only in clinics with intensive care units (ICUs).
Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze has announced that she will receive the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine live on TV to contribute to a campaign about raising awareness about the importance of inoculation.
Georgia has reported a total of 262 new cases of coronavirus after conducting 6,328 PCR and 5,595 rapid tests over the last 24 hours.
3,818 health workers have been innoculated against Covid-19 in Georgia so far with the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Starting March 25, people over 65 years of age will be allowed to register for the Covid-19 vaccination in Georgia, announces Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze. Until then the website booking.moh.gov.ge is open to medical workers.
The State Regulation Agency for Medical Activities will publish an interim report on the death of a 27-year-old nurse from Akhaltsikhe this week, announces Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze. She said that at the time of the vaccination, the nurse was in a medical facility which had an intensive care unit where she received care, however to no effect.
Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland has commented on the death of a nurse after receiving AstraZeneca vaccination in Georgia, saying that in order to minimise the risks of anaphylaxis, vaccination should be done in an environment where there are doctors and all necessary medicines.
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Vaccination with Pfizer will be allowed in four clinics of Tbilisi: Republican Hospital, Bokeria clinic, Caucasus Medical Centre and Amtel hospital, in two clinics of Kutaisi and in Batumi Republican Hospital in the Adjara region. Individuals receiving either the AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines against Covid-19 will have to stay at clinics for 45 minutes, instead of 30 minutes to be observed if there are any adverse effects.
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) representative Khatuna Zakhashvili told Interpressnews agency today that 27 of the vaccinated individuals have developed Covid-19 vaccine side effects in Georgia.
Three employees of Imedi hospital in the southwestern Georgian town of Akhaltsikhe have been charged by the Prosecutor’s Office for providing false information about the recent death of 27-year-old nurse Megi Bakradze.
A doctor at the Imedi Clinic in Akhaltsikhe says 27-year-old nurse Megi Bakradze, who died after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine, was not given proper medical assistance in the first minutes after going into anaphylactic shock.
Two employees of Imedi hospital have been dismissed for ethical and procedural violations in connection with the death of 27-year-old nurse Megi Bakradze, Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia has stated today.
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Wednesday filed charges against a doctor of a clinic in the country’s southern Akhaltsikhe municipality whose alleged neglect of duties led to the death of a nurse in the facility last year after she received a Covid vaccine.