National Centre for Disease: seasonal anti-flu vaccination to be free for citizens from Monday

The Georgian National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health on Sunday announced seasonal anti-flu vaccination would be free of charge for all citizens throughout the country starting from Monday. 

“The vaccination available at medical facilities is possible from the age of 6 months and is completely free of charge”, the NCDC said.

It also noted the vaccination was carried out using a four-component vaccine manufactured by Abbott Biologicals B.V., a global healthcare company based in the Netherlands, adding the vaccine was recommended by the World Health Organisation.

At the first stage of the anti-flu vaccination programme, vaccines were administered to high-risk groups, including patients on dialysis, individuals with diabetes, hepatitis C, HIV and AIDS and those with organ transplants or cystic fibrosis, with over 37,000 citizens already having been vaccinated.