Georgian health officials call low rate of vaccination ‘apocalypse, sabotage against state’
Georgian health officials are concerned by the low rate of coronavirus vaccination in Georgia. Photo: health ministry press office.
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Head of Infectious Diseases and AIDS Centre of Tbilisi Tengiz Tsertsvadze has called the low rate of coronavirus vaccination in Georgia ‘apocalypse and a sabotage against the state by Georgian citizens.’
He says that a certain portion of the German-US Pfizer vaccine, the most effective coronavirus vaccine for now, may spoil because of the low demand in the country.
Who would spoil Pfizer? It is very unreasonable what is going on,” Tsertsvadze said.
About 10,000-11,000 individuals have received the coronavirus vaccine over the past several days in Georgia, while the figure stood at around 20,000 and more at the beginning of the month.
1,700,895 have received one dose of the coronavirus vaccine (Pfizer, Sinovac, Sinopharm or AstraZeneca) since March 2021, of which 740,814 have been completely vaccinated - more than 25 per cent of the country’s adult population.
816,913 doses of Pfizer vaccine are available in the country now, far more than the remaining three vaccines.
Georgian health officials say that the low rate of vaccination means increased number of coronavirus deaths. Photo: health ministry press office.
Deputy head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Paata Imnadze is also concerned, stating that the low vaccination rate will lead to a high number of deaths when the new wave of the virus begins allegedly in late autumn.
He says that the data of a portion of the Pfizer vaccine expires in December.
A lot of countries are begging for the Pfizer vaccine, while we have them and people refuse to receive,” Imnadze said.
The Georgian government has plans to vaccinate at least 60 percent of the country’s adult population by the end of the year. However, health officials say that per the current rate of vaccination it is unlikely to happen.
More than 25 percent of Georgia's adult population have been completely vaccinated since March 2021. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Georgia has reported 1,653 new cases of coronavirus, 2,646 recoveries and 47 deaths in the last 24 hours.
A total of 22,885 people remain infected with Covid-19 in the country.
Coronavirus cases began to seriously surge in Georgia starting July and the government was forced to reimpose several restrictions, including the ban on large events and wearing of face masks both indoors and outdoors.
Georgia has had 602,065 cases of coronavirus since February 26,2020, of which 570,443 individuals have recovered and 8,711 died from the virus.
Although the daily coronavirus cases have decreased in Georgia over the past several days, daily deaths still remain high.
Georgia has reported 1,653 new cases of coronavirus, 2,646 recoveries and 47 deaths in the last 24 hours. A total of 22,885 people remain infected with Covid-19 in the country. 28,553 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 15, 965 of the 28,553 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 12,588 were PCR tests.
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The Labor Inspection Service of the Georgian Health Ministry has found that in the vast majority of Covid clinics salaries for doctors are unequally distributed while in some hospitals employees have not received vacation and medical leave payments in recent months.
Georgia has reported 1,698 new cases of coronavirus, 1,910 recoveries and 38 deaths in the past 24 hours. 22,635 remain infected with Covid-19 in Georgia. 25,692 tests were conducted around the country in the past 24 hours. 15,310 of the 25,692 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 10,382 were PCR tests.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $15 million loan to support Georgia’s National Vaccines Deployment Plan by purchasing and delivering an estimated 700,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines as well as syringes, safety boxes, and other items for administering vaccines. ADB’s project will procure enough vaccines to inoculate about 300,000 people in Georgia.
Georgia has received a million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine, the Ministry of Health reports.Vaccination with Sinopharm is available for citizens over 18 years. Two doses are required for the vaccination which are given at 21-28 day intervals.
Georgia has reported 1,164 new cases of coronavirus, 2,292 recoveries and 33 deaths in the past 24 hours.
A total of 8,106 people have been vaccinated in the past 24 hours in Georgia while the target of the Georgian government is to vaccinate 30,000 people daily to reach its vaccination goal of 60 per cent of the country population by the end of this year. The vaccination rate began to decline several weeks ago and less than 10,000 vaccinations have been administered daily since the start of October.
Georgian citizens over the age of 50, individuals with chronic diseases and high-risk groups will be given a third dose (booster shot) of the Covid-19 vaccine, Georgian Deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia announced earlier today.