Georgian Health Minister Tikaradze to receive AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine live on TV
Ekaterine Tikaradze will receive her AstraZeneca vaccine next week. Photo: EU Medicines Agency/Twitter
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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.
Tikaradze told Rustavi 2 media outlet yesterday that she was supposed to receive another vaccine which is currently less popular among the population. However, following the recent death of a 27-year-old nurse, it is important to convince people in the safety of vaccination.
It is important for the population to see how we receive the vaccine in public, including AstraZeneca”, Tikaradze told Rustavi 2.
Georgia started vaccination on March 15 after the country received the first 43,200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Unfortunately, a 27-year-old Georgian nurse Megi Bakradze who went into anaphylactic shock after receiving the vaccine has died.
Georgia decided to continue using the AstraZeneca vaccine after the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) safety committee concluded that the benefits of the vaccine in combating Covid-19 ‘continue to outweigh the risk of side effects’.
EMA’s safety committee (PRAC) concludes that the benefits of the #COVID19Vaccine AstraZeneca still outweigh its risks despite possible link to rare blood clots associated with low levels of blood platelets.
— EU Medicines Agency (@EMA_News) March 18, 2021
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However, following Bakradze’s death yesterday, Georgian health officials have announced that vaccination will continue only in clinics with intensive care units (ICUs).
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Georgian health officials and doctors have received their first doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine earlier today live on TV. The country received 43,200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine on March 13 with the help of UNICEF. Deputy head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control Paata Imnadze was the first who got the jab. After the vaccination he said that ‘I feel great’ and called on people, especially doctors to vaccinate.
The 43,200 doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine has arrived in Georgia this morning. UNICEF, which has supported the Government of Georgia in procuring the Covid-19 vaccines, has announced that the plane has already landed at Tbilisi International Airport.
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A total of 29,500 doses of Pfizer vaccine will arrive in Georgia and citizens eligible to be vaccinated at this point will be able to choose which one to take against the coronavirus, announces Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tsikaradze.