PM: Georgia will Receive Vaccinations Approved by Int’l Health Organizations

Citizens of Georgia are to receive all those quality vaccines that will be authorized by applicable international organizations, PM Giorgi Gakharia stated at the Executive Government Meeting today.

A Plan of Vaccination has already been designed by the Ministry of Health and it is being checked by the Inter-Agency Coordination Council, upon which it will be endorsed at a future Executive Government Meeting.

“A lot of nonsense has been spread in relation to vaccination and we cannot even guess where these ideas or information come from. A Designated Commission has been established on matters related to vaccination, which is led by the Ministry of Health. The Commission has several aims and goals to achieve. The first is to address all the issues related to logistics. You may well be aware that different vaccines have different logistic regimes. Also, everything should be prepared for the readiness of the country to launch the actual vaccination. The second one is to define those target groups that will be vaccinated as a priority in the first instance. The third one is to ensure the supply of quality vaccines of international authorization as early as possible not only through the COVAX platform but also through other means.

"The first two goals have already been dealt with by the Ministry of Health, and a plan exists. They will be submitting it to the Council on Monday and it will be endorsed at the upcoming Executive Government Meeting.

"Thus, no basis exists for any question marks. I once again stress that citizens of Georgia are to receive all those quality vaccines that will be authorized by applicable international organizations,” stated Giorgi Gakharia.