Elderly, medics from Georgia’s occupied regions allowed to undergo Covid-19 vaccination on Tbilisi-controlled territory
Georgia began vaccination of medical workers and top officials on March 15 after the country received the first 43,200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Photo: Ministry of Health of Adjara.
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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.
???????? gov't is 2 offer residents of t/ occupied territories of #Abkhazia & #Tskhinvali 2 undergo #COVID19 vaccination on ????????-controlled territory. T/ decision is yet another proof of how much our gov't cares abt its people & spares no efforts 2 prevent further spread of deadly virus.
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) March 30, 2021
Georgia began vaccination of medical workers and top officials on March 15 after the country received the first 43,200 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Georgian top officials including Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze and President Salome Zurabishvili received the vaccine live on TV to encourage people to vaccinate.
29,250 doses of the US-German Pfizer/BioNtech coronavirus vaccine entered Georgia on March 24.
Since March 25, people over 65 years of age have been allowed to register for the Covid-19 vaccination in Georgia and make a choice between the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines.
Mass Covid-19 immunisation is expected to start in Georgia in July, announces Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze, adding that it does not mean that getting the vaccination against coronavirus will become mandatory.
Georgia will likely receive Chinese coronavirus vaccines Sinopharm next month, announces deputy Health Minister of Georgia Tamar Gabunia. She said that in addition, negotiations are underway to receive additional doses of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines.
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, announces deputy Health Minister of Georgia Tamar Gabunia.
3,818 health workers have been innoculated against Covid-19 in Georgia so far with the AstraZeneca vaccine.
The de-facto leadership of Russian occupied Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) have rejected an offer from Tbilisi to vaccinate health workers and people above 65. Both occupied regions have stated in response to the offer from the Georgian officials earlier today that they are expecting to receive ‘reliable’ vaccines from Russia.
Georgian soldiers and policemen will be eligible to undergo Covid-19 vaccination starting April 5, Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze said earlier today.
Representative of the de facto president of the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on post-conflict issues, Murat Jioev, said Georgia is offering a quantity of vaccine that is not enough for the region and ‘this is nothing more than political propaganda’.
Georgia has reported 499 new cases of coronavirus, 437 recoveries and seven deaths in the past 24 hours.
Georgian government officials and members of parliament will be vaccinated against the coronavirus this week, while the tourism and hospitality sector, public transport drivers and ticket controllers will be prioritized for vaccination in the coming future, Chief of the Operational Staff of the Interagency Coordination Council Giorgi Gibradze announced at a briefing today.
The de facto government of Georgia’s Russia-occupied Tskhinvali region has imposed restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the region. Educational institutions, gyms, and children’s entertainment venues will be closed until November 1, while weddings, funerals and other social events have been prohibited until December 1.
A number of schools and kindergartens have suspended their classes due to confirmed COVID-19 cases in Georgia's Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region, RES media has reported on Tuesday.
All schools in the cities of Gagra and Sokhumi in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region have suspended their classes due to confirmed COVID-19 cases.