According to Amiran Gamkrelidze, at the current vaccination rate, the government will not be able to vaccinate 60% of the adult population by the end of the year

According to Amiran Gamkrelidze, head of the National Center for Disease Control, at the current rate of vaccination, the government will not be able to vaccinate 60% of the adult population by the end of the year.

As he explained to Palitranews TV, in order to achieve the goal set by the government, 3000-4000 people should be vaccinated every day in May, and by July this figure should reach 12 thousand people.

"So far, the vaccination is going slowly, it's not enough. The government will not be able to reach this percentage, the society must reach it, so we must instill in each other that this very big challenge, this "plague" can be defeated only through mass vaccination. If 60-70% of the population will be vaccinated, this epidemic will come to an end in our country, we will no longer need face masks outdoors, observing long distances, we will be able to gather among friends again, and so on. Will we reach 60%? - We must achieve! At today’s pace, when we vaccinate 1500-1700 people a day, of course it won’t work out. We now have to raise it to 3000-4000 in May, in June we have to raise it to 5000-6000 and then, from July onwards to 10000-12000 per day, then we will reach the target rate at the end of December.

At the same time, of course, you know about the shortage of vaccines in the world. The production is more and more active, more and more vaccines are being produced and I am sure that the availability of vaccines will increase gradually", - Amiran Gamkrelidze said.

According to him, 45 thousand people have been vaccinated in Georgia today and only 6 thousand of them - twice.

"If 300-500 people are vaccinated, we will save one person's life, so we should be vaccinated", - Gamkrelidze said.