Tamar Gabunia: We started the vaccination campaign very unluckily, which caused even more fear and distrust among the population

We started the campaign very unluckily, which caused even more fear and distrust among the population regarding vaccination, - Deputy Minister of Health Tamar Gabunia told reporters.

According to her, now great efforts are needed to restore the trust.

“We started the campaign very unluckily, which caused even more fear and distrust among the population regarding vaccination. Now we will need to make greater efforts to restore this trust, for which we need the activity of the medical staff, as if doctors and nurses do not trust vaccination, it will be very difficult to convince the population that they should get vaccinated”, said the Deputy Minister.

According to Tamar Gabunia, there is a need for conducting an information campaign on vaccination.

“An information campaign is one of the strategies. I agree that the need for an information campaign is obvious, and the fact that half of the population distrusts the vaccine is not surprising, and that is why an active information campaign is needed”, she said.

According to her, the number of medical workers vaccinated against coronavirus is over 4000.