Medical workers and relevant age groups living in the occupied territories will be able to get involved in the vaccination process

In the occupied territories - in Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region - medical workers and relevant age groups will be able to be involved in the vaccination process.

As Tea Akhvlediani, State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality, stated after the meeting of the Interagency Coordination Council, those who wish can get the vaccine in the territory controlled by the central government of Georgia.

"In parallel with the delivery of doses, priority groups are provided, which will then be extended to other citizens. Today we have the opportunity to inform you that the current anti-covid immunization program in Georgia provides an opportunity for medical personnel and relevant age groups living in Georgia's Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region to be vaccinated in the territory controlled by the central government of Georgia. The procedures and scheme related to this process are defined by the Ministry of Health of Georgia in cooperation with other relevant agencies, which will disseminate the mentioned information according to its competence. As you know, the Interagency Coordination Council of Georgia makes gradual, consistent and pragmatic decisions on imposing or lifting of relevant regulations in the epidemic management process. It is with this approach that we continue to work on the temporary measures imposed on the occupied regions today", - Akhvlediani said.