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Latvia to gift Georgia 83,070 doses of Pfizer jab

Georgia Materials 16 October 2021 18:51 (UTC +04:00)

Latvian government gifted Georgia 83,070 doses of Pfizer jab. Pfizer vaccines are authorized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and are administered at 21-28 days interval, Trend reports citing 1tv.ge.

On October 7, the Immunization Council decided that children with chronic health conditions, aged 12 and above, would be admitted to Covid-19 vaccination with Pfizer-BioNTech.

So far, juveniles aged 16 and above were eligible for this vaccine.

Immunization Council also authorized the COVID-19 booster shot among high-risk patients with chronic diseases, medical personnel, and people aged 50 and above.

Georgian immunization program previously envisaged two-dose vaccination.

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