3,818 health workers vaccinated against coronavirus in Georgia
Georgia will receive the first doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine this week. Photo: Georgian Health Ministry press office.
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3,818 health workers have been innoculated against Covid-19 in Georgia so far with the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Georgia began vaccination on March 15 after the country received the first 43,200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Professor Paata Imnadze has become the first recipient in ????????to be given the #astrazeneca COVID-19 jab #VaccinesWork and will help to end the pandemic ✌️ pic.twitter.com/XVkBizwd6P
— NCDCGeorgia (@NCDCGeorgia) March 15, 2021
A 27-year-old Georgian nurse Megi Bakradze who went into anaphylactic shock after receiving the vaccine died on March 19.
Police are now looking into the case.
Despite the fatality Georgia decided to continue using the AstraZeneca vaccine because the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) safety committee stated last week that the benefits of the vaccine in combating Covid-19 ‘continue to outweigh the risk of side effects’.
#VaccinesWork https://t.co/Ugb3DP6MW8
— NCDCGeorgia (@NCDCGeorgia) March 18, 2021
However, to prevent such incidents, Georgian health officials have decided that vaccination will continue only in clinics with intensive care units (ICUs).
Georgian top health officials and President Salome Zurabishvili have received the vaccine live on TV to encourage people to vaccinate.
Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze has also stated that she will receive the vaccine live on TV.
This week Georgia is expecting 29,250 doses of the US-German Pfizer vaccine.