Georgian health minister receives AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine live on TV
Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze stated after vaccination that she feels fine. Photo: Health Ministry press office.
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Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikartadze received the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine live on TV earlier today.
She received the jab at Sachkhere hospital in western Georgia and encouraged people to vaccinate.
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Georgia received the first 43,200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine on March 13, while the vaccination of health workers started on March 15 throughout the country.
27-year-old Georgian nurse Megi Bakradze who went into anaphylactic shock after receiving the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on March 18 died the next day.
Georgia has reported 528 new cases of coronavirus, 299 recoveries and four deaths in the past 24 hours. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
The State Regulation Agency for Medical Activities will publish an interim report on her death this week.
Following the case Georgian health officials have decided vaccination to take place only in clinics with intensive care units (ICUs) .
4,414 health workers have received the vaccine so far.
Georgia will receive the 29,250 doses of Pfizer vaccine tomorrow, Tikaradze said.
Starting March 25, people over 65 years of age will be allowed to register for the Covid-19 vaccination in the country, not only the health workers and they will be able to choose between the two vaccines.
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.
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.
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 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.
As Georgia begins to roll out its vaccination plan, the public remains skeptical; only 35% would choose to receive a vaccine if given the option right now, while 53% said they would not, reads poll results released today by the National Democratic Institute (NDI or the Institute) and CRRC Georgia.
Georgia has reported 450 new cases of coronavirus, 254 recoveries and eight deaths in the past 24 hours.23,293 tests have been conducted around the country on the weekend. 13,751 of the 23,293 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 9,542 were PCR tests. The country has had 278,628 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. 270,922 of the 278,628 patients have recovered, while 3,714 have died of the virus. Currently 3,958 individuals remain infected with Covid-19.
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.
Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze has tested positive for coronavirus. Employees of the ministry with whom Tikaradze had contact during the last days have moved to self-isolation.
An anti-vaxxer has beaten up his wife after she received a Covid-19 vaccine, executive director of women rights organisation Sapari, Baia Pataraia, wrote on her Facebook page.
Georgian Minister of Health Ekaterine Tikaradze has announced her resignation at a briefing at the ruling Georgian Dream party headquarters in Tbilisi today. Tikaradze said she will 'further strengthen the Georgian health and social protection services from the Georgian Dream party political council'.