Ekaterine Tikaradze: Georgian government started preliminary negotiations with the Chinese side to import vaccines against coronavirus

According to the Minister of Health, Ekaterine Tikaradze, the Georgian government has already started preliminary negotiations with the Chinese side to import vaccines against coronavirus.

As she explained at a briefing at the Ministry, the Chinese vaccine is among the vaccines that will be accredited by the World Health Organization in the near future.

In addition, according to Tikaradze, 100 thousand vaccines have been ordered for the first stage and there will be additional access to vaccines from the Covax Platform.

"As we know, the Chinese vaccine is one of the vaccines that will be accredited by the World Health Organization in the near future. Like in the case of both AstraZeneca and Pfizer, we have begun preliminary talks with both the Chinese side and the Covax Platform. Also, the Chinese vaccine has received authorization from one of the strict regulators, which allows us to continue negotiations intensively. For the first stage, we have ordered a small dose, that is 100 thousand vaccines", - said Tikaradze.