Georgian health authorities launching seasonal anti-flu vaccination in Tbilisi, regions
Individuals in the risk groups have been asked to apply to medical institutions in Tbilisi and other regions for the vaccines, with the list of the institutions providing the services listed on the official website of the National Centre for Disease Control. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgian health authorities have started seasonal anti-flu vaccination throughout the country, the Georgian Health Ministry announced on Monday.
Those in risk groups - including patients on dialysis, individuals with diabetes, HIV and AIDS, pregnant women and doctors - will receive vaccines against flu free of charge starting October 16.
The Ministry noted authorities had already purchased 200,000 doses of Abbott quadrivalent influenza vaccine, recommended by the World Health Organisation.
Individuals in the risk groups have been asked to apply to medical institutions in Tbilisi and other regions for the vaccines, with the list of the institutions providing the services listed on the official website of the National Centre for Disease Control.
Only 95,000 doses of flu vaccine have been administered in Georgia since early October, though the government purchased 200,000 doses and encouraged at-risk groups and their families to receive the vaccine, head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze says.
Seasonal influenza will peak between the end of January and February, announced officials from G. Zhvania Academic Clinic of Pediatry today.
The Georgian Health Ministry has announced that pregnant women and socially vulnerable individuals will receive antiviral medication Tamiflu free of charge upon doctor’s prescription.
Vaccination against flu for pregnant women, patients on dialysis and doctors will start this week in Georgia, Head of the National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said today.