Tengiz Tsertsvadze: Georgia was ready to import the Chinese vaccine a long time ago, but this was followed by criticism, which the government took into account

"Georgia should either wait for a good quality, internationally recognized vaccine for a 2-3 more weeks, or should not refuse Chinese vaccine," Tengiz Tsertsvadze, director general of the Infectious Diseases Hospital, told the media.

According to him, the vast majority of 103 countries started vaccination with Chinese or Russian vaccines. Georgia was ready to import the Chinese vaccine a long time ago, but this was followed by criticism, which the government took into account.

"Vaccination has started in 103 countries in the world, but there are more than 200 countries in the world, so not all of them have started the vaccination. Most of the 103 countries started vaccination with Chinese or Russian vaccines. A relatively small number started with only American-European vaccines - Moderna, AstraZeneca, or Pfizer, and Johnson and Johnson will be added soon. Of course, I'm also worried that the vaccine is late.

We were ready to import the Chinese vaccine a long time ago, but do you remember what the reaction was? Exactly the same TV stations, political opposition groups, a number of doctors, do you remember how they were outraged and categorically said that Georgia would not allow the introduction of the Chinese vaccine under any circumstances; We want the best quality vaccine and so on. The country leadership listened to them and did not introduce the Chinese vaccine. We are waiting for internationally recognized American-European vaccines. Most of our neighbors and many countries in the world started vaccinating with the Chinese vaccine, and now people blame us. This double standard is unacceptable”, said Tsertsvadze.

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