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.
Georgia has reported 170 new cases of coronavirus, 396 recoveries and 10 deaths in the past 24 hours.6,185 tests have been conducted around the country on the weekend. 2,993 of the 6,185 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 3,192 were PCR tests. The country has had 277,650 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. 270,369 of the 277,650 patients have recovered, while 3,710 have died of the virus.
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.
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).
A 27-year-old Georgian nurse Megi Bakradze who went into anaphylactic shock after receiving the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine yesterday has died earlier today at first University Clinic of Tbilisi State Medical University.
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.
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.
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.
Georgia has reported 528 new cases of coronavirus, 299 recoveries and four deaths in the past 24 hours.
Medical workers and individuals above 65 residing in Georgia’s Russia-occupied Tskhinvali and Abkhazia regions will be able to undergo Covid-19 vaccination on Tbilisi-controlled territory, Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, Tea Akhvlediani said earlier today.
Georgian soldiers and policemen will be eligible to undergo Covid-19 vaccination starting April 5, Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze said earlier today.