"We have a long way before the coronavirus pandemic ends”, - Amiran Gamkrelidze, head of the National Center for Disease Control declares. Despite the stabilization of the situation, he notes that people must be cautiously optimistic.
"We reached stabilization, but we should not create the same illusion as in previous summer, as if we had defeated the coronavirus. We have a long way before the pandemic ends in the world. We alone cannot defeat the pandemic. It must end in the world. I ask everyone to have cautious optimism. The pandemic will be defeated, it will retreat, but we will have to follow the regulations," Amiran Gamkrelidze said.
Amiran Gamkrelidze calls on society to stop anti-vaccination propaganda in order to reduce the number of people who refuse vaccination.
"I will tell you directly that medicine has not yet invented a better public health intervention than vaccination. Vaccine and vaccination are among the top three discoveries. Vaccination has saved millions of lives and will save even more. I urge the public not to be aggressive and pessimistic about vaccination. Vaccination is the best preventive means that protect our children and the younger generation from many diseases that kill children," - said Amiran Gamkrelidze.
He is confident that the country will have the vaccine in March. "Society must help us, we must vaccinate over 1,7 million persons. If we do this by the end of the year, we will put an end to the disease in the country. The country will be fully opened late the year and gradually return to normal life," Gamkrelidze said.
