Minister of Health gets publicly vaccinated against coronavirus

Minister of Health of Georgia Ekaterine Tikaradze has been publicly vaccinated against coronavirus.

The Minister get vaccinated with AstaZeneca at Sachkhere Medical Center.

As Ekaterine Tikaradze stated after the vaccination, the transparent involvement of the medical staff in the vaccination process is important.

“I believe that the transparent involvement of the medical staff in the vaccination process is important for the population of Georgia, as well as for the doctors and the clinic where I have spent many positive years. I thought that my vaccination here would be somewhat symbolic and serve as motivation for the medical staff of the Sachkhere Clinic and for this region, "- said Tikaradze.

Prior to the Minister of Health, President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili and Deputy Head of the National Center for Disease Control Paata Imnadze got publicly vaccinated.

Vaccination against COVID-19 started in Georgia on March 15.