Coronavirus vaccines only to be administered at clinics with ICUs
So far more than 300 medical workers have been inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine in Batumi and Kobuleti. Photo: Ministry of Health of Adjara.
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Following the death of 27-year-old Georgian nurse Megi Bakradze earlier today after she received the AstraZeneca vaccine on March 18 and went into anaphylactic shock, Georgian health officials have decided that vaccination will continue only in clinics with intensive care units (ICUs).
Vaccination will continue and in order to ensure maximum safety the Ministry of Health and the Center for Disease Control jointly decided to continue vaccination with AstraZeneca as well as the Pfizer vaccine only at clinics with intensive care units", said deputy Health Minister Tamar Gabunia.
She said that all reservations that medical workers have made at outpatient facilities have been redirected today to clinics with ICUs.
Earlier today the Ministry of Health of Adjara announced that coronavirus vaccination had been suspended in four municipalities of Adjara in Khelvachauri, Keda, Shuakhevi and Khulo.
In Adjara vaccination continues in Batumi Republican Clinical Hospital. Medical workers from the above-mentioned four municipalities will be able to get the vaccine in Batumi.
Georgia received the first 43,200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine on March 13.
Vaccination of health workers started on March 15 throughout Georgia.
Georgia has reported 360 new cases of coronavirus, 242 recoveries and nine deaths in the past 24 hours.
Georgia has reported 360 new cases of coronavirus, 242 recoveries and nine deaths in the past 24 hours.
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.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili received the coronavirus AstraZeneca vaccine live on TV earlier today.
On March 15, the first day when coronavirus vaccination started in Georgia, 668 people were vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine and 4,202 medical workers were registered for it, announces the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health.
Georgia has reported 422 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting 23,169 tests over the last 24 hours. Out of the new 422 cases 216 were reported in the Georgia capital of Tbilisi. Meanwhile, 158 individuals have recovered and eight patients have died.
Georgia has reported a total of 262 new cases of coronavirus after conducting 6,328 PCR and 5,595 rapid tests over the last 24 hours.
Georgia has reported 170 new cases of coronavirus, 396 recoveries and 10 deaths in the past 24 hours.6,185 tests have been conducted around the country on the weekend. 2,993 of the 6,185 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 3,192 were PCR tests. The country has had 277,650 cases of coronavirus since February 26, 2020. 270,369 of the 277,650 patients have recovered, while 3,710 have died of the virus.
3,818 health workers have been innoculated against Covid-19 in Georgia so far with the AstraZeneca vaccine.
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 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.
The State Regulation Agency for Medical Activities will publish an interim report on the death of a 27-year-old nurse from Akhaltsikhe this week, announces Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze. She said that at the time of the vaccination, the nurse was in a medical facility which had an intensive care unit where she received care, however to no effect.
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.
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) representative Khatuna Zakhashvili told Interpressnews agency today that 27 of the vaccinated individuals have developed Covid-19 vaccine side effects in Georgia.
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.
Georgia has reported 761 new cases of coronavirus, 537 recoveries and nine deaths in the past 24 hours.
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office on Wednesday filed charges against a doctor of a clinic in the country’s southern Akhaltsikhe municipality whose alleged neglect of duties led to the death of a nurse in the facility last year after she received a Covid vaccine.