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With just under four million inhabitants, Georgia is a small but mighty country attractive to a wide range of travelers and even remote workers.

As a result of October 21 trading, the Georgian national currency strengthened by 0.01 tetri against the US dollar, resulting in an official value of 3.1410 GEL per dollar.

As of October 21, a total of 1,932,643 vaccinations had been administered. At the same time, 1,017,863 people (35.8% of the adult population) were vaccinated with at least 1 dose. In addition, 914,311 people (32% of the adult population) are fully vaccinated.

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the European Union, has provided a €6 million loan to Terabank Georgia to support its local currency lending to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the country.

In September 2021, 226,662 visitors visited Georgia, which is 349% more than in the same period of 2020.

In his speech, the Governor of the National Bank of Georgia also focused on the risks related to the introduction of the Central Bank Digital Currency.

According to her, she welcomes the initiative of individual businesses to allow only vaccinated consumers, but adoption of such a decision is not being considered by the government at this level.

On Wednesday, a group of people claimed they got an unknown medicine jab instead of a flu shot at Gogelia Clinic in Tbilisi. The recipients say they paid GEL 75 per shot in advance to book the appointment. Among recipients are the children.

“Neither Anna Fotyga, nor Andrius Kubilius holds any value for me or our country,” said PM, stressing that “no one will overstep the rule of law and justice in this country", - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has echoed the letter panned by MEP Anna Fotyga.

According to the publication, among the criteria assessed by the Rule of Law Index, Georgia scored the highest - 0.79 points in the component of Order and Security, and the lowest - 0.53 points in the criterion of Criminal Justice.

"We have an increase in the number of infections, but we do not plan to impose any restrictions. On the contrary, we will tighten safety rules, strengthen vaccinations, but businesses will work," Turnava said.

According to them, the number of foreign visitors has increased 10.4 times in 2021. Among the visitors, 48% are citizens of Georgia (242,601) and 52% (258,252) are citizens of other countries.

There are 48 people quarantined, 5 725 Covid-19 patients are hospitalized, 1 012 asymptomatic, and mild symptom patients are placed at the government-assigned facilities.

Healthcare professionals are not surprised by the low rate of absorption of the vaccination budget. Given the current epidemic and the low rate of vaccination, experts now believe that the only solution is to enforce the law on public health and introduce the mandatory principle of vaccination.