Registration for Pfizer second dose begins as the country awaits more doses of the vaccine

By Nika Gamtsemlidze

Monday, April 19

Gamkrelidze stated that Georgia is discussing getting more doses of Covid vaccine from several developers, including Pfizer, Sinopharm, and Novavax

As of today, Georgia has vaccinated 24,000 people

The National Center for Disease Control and Public Health published a statement regarding vaccination in the country. According to the statement published by NCDC, more than 8,000 people have registered for their second dose of Pfizer.

However, on the first day of registration, a number of people who wanted to register for their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, weren't able to do so.

According to NCDC, they were not able to register as the system was overbooked. “Some of the technical issues are connected with the pause of vaccination from 30.04 to 3.05 due to the Easter holidays,” reads the statement of NCDC.

NCDC also noted that for everyone who has received the first dose of the vaccine, there is a second dose set aside for them.

The director of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health Amiran Gamkrelidze has recently discussed the vaccination process in the country. He noted that there are talks with several developers, such as Sinopharm, Novavax, and Pfizer. Gamkrelidze noted that the decision was made to open a registration website for the Sinopharm vaccine on April 27 for the vaccination process to start on May 4. According to him, the country has 100,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine, which should be enough to vaccinate 50,000 people. Further talks with Sinopharm envisages additional 500,000 doses of the vaccine.

As for Noavavax, the country has a contract with the company for as much as one million doses, which should arrive in the country around July-August. The country is considering buying one million doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

Gamkrelidze noted that all of this is happening behind the Covavax platform, from which, the country should receive 1.4 million doses. From the platform, Georgia has already received 43,000 AstraZeneca doses and 29,000 Pfizer doses. Additional 86 thousand AstraZeneca doses should arrive in the country near the end of April.

Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze stated that around 24,000 people have already received the Covid-19 vaccine.

In total, Georgia has reported 295,358 cases of coronavirus, and 3939 have died. On Sunday, 818 new cases were reported.