Amiran Gamkrelidze: Vaccination will bring a big change during the pandemic, but the circulation of the new coronavirus will last at least a year and a half

This pandemic will not end so soon. I am sure that vaccination will make a big difference during the pandemic, but the circulation of the new coronavirus itself will continue for at least another year, a year and a half, - said Amiran Gamkrelidze, head of the National Center for Disease Control.

"This virus still teaches us a lot, we need a good analysis of this 1-year experience to be better prepared to meet 2021 and 2022. This pandemic will not end so soon. I am sure that vaccination will make a big difference during the pandemic, but the circulation of the new coronavirus itself will continue for at least another year, a year and a half, until its biological cycle is over and a saturated immune layer is formed", - Gamkrelidze said.