Amiran Gamkrelidze, head of the National Center for Disease Control declares, that “the development of a coronavirus vaccination plan will be completed in these days."
As Gamkrelidze stated, the country is working with the COVAX platform, as well as holds bilateral agreements with the EU countries to receive vaccines.
According to Amiran Gamkrelidze, risk groups have already been identified, these are doctors and beneficiaries of nursing homes, as well as people over the age of 75 and etc.
"The Prime Minister of Georgia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been working very hard to get the vaccine to enter the country as soon as possible. Vaccination is carried out in the world with 4 vaccines, namely " Pfizer "," Moderna ", Chinese and Russian vaccines," - said Amiran Gamkrelidze.
In addition, Georgia is expected to introduce several vaccines and the choice will be voluntary.
“Negotiations are underway with China, which has two vaccines for WHO. In terms of infrastructure, we can already get three vaccines, but under certain conditions - the -80 degree cold chain needs the Pfizer vaccine and we can get 300,000 doses at a time. "Moderna's” vaccine needs -20 degrees and we can get it at the municipal level, and as for the AstraZeneca vaccine, it needs a cold chain of -2-7 degrees and this is a normal temperature, it does not need special infrastructure," said Amiran Gamkrelidze.
