"It is important to actively motivate doctors and provide additional information, because they are the bridge between the population and the state, who must agitate for the safety and need for vaccination. This process has started and we hope that it will be intensified with the involvement of primary health doctors," the minister said.

"After the resumption of the public transport, it is important to follow the regulations issued by the Ministry of Health, so as not to provoke the spread of infection," - said the Minister.

So far, four Su-25 jets have been fully renovated and modernized. At the same time, a Mi-24 helicopter is under restoration, with its trial flights expected in near future. Uh-2s are also actively restored. Four AN-2 planes have been fully renovated.

The Soviet chess pioneer Nona Gaprindashvili sued Netflix on Thursday for defamation, seeking $5 million in damages over a false statement about her in the fictional series The Queen’s Gambit.

The Prime Minister reiterated the safety of vaccination and its importance in the process of overcoming the pandemic, also urging citizens to become actively involved in this process.

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva was called out Thursday by the World Bank, her previous employer, for applying pressure to boost China’s position in a ranking of economies.

A total of 31 532 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours throughout the country. Among them, 18 378 tests were rapid tests, while the remaining 13 154 were PCR tests.

Thousands of health workers across France have been suspended without pay for failing to get vaccinated against Covid-19 ahead of a deadline this week, Health Minister Olivier Veran said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has suspended its approval process for Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, pending a fresh inspection of at least one Russian factory manufacturing the shot.

Ukraine spent over UAH 30 billion (US$1,123,784,700) in January-August 2021 on the fight against COVID-19, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry has reported.

The Turkish Central Bank signed an agreement with defense and technology firms Aselsan and Havelsan, and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) for the research, development, and testing processes of the potential digital Turkish lira.

Over the first eight months of 2021, sales volumes of European passenger-car saw a year-on-year increase of 11.2%, counting 6.8 million new passenger cars in total.

The European Union (EU) and Israel have reached a reciprocal agreement to recognize each other's Covid vaccination certificates. Joining the EU's digital Covid certificate program will ease travel between Israel and the EU and could renew incoming tourism.

The production in the sector of electric power, gas and steam production, distribution, and supply amounted to AZN 1,608.3 million (US$946,058,817) in January-August 2021, up 5.4% from a year earlier, Report informs, citing the State Statistical Committee.

A team of Israeli scientists say that a drug previously used in an uncontrolled fashion to treat HIV has a direct antiviral effect against coronavirus, sending patients home virus-free within only a few days.

Russian electric car drivers will be able to access toll roads at no cost starting from 2022 in a new trial experiment, reads the recently published draft government plan.

The Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Gharibashvili is fully vaccinated. The information is spread by the government administration.

Ekaterine Tikaradze, Minister Health got acquainted with the process of immunization of citizens at the Rukhi Republic Hospital.