"It will be known in the afternoon when will Georgia receive 43 thousand doses of AstraZeneca vaccine," says Tako Ugulava, UNICEF Health Specialist. She said the problem was with the manufacturer, who had provided UNICEF with information that the vaccines were to be delivered to their representative on June 22, after which the consignment of the drug would be loaded on a plane and delivered to Georgia in a few days. However, the manufacturer was unable to deliver the vaccine within the timeframe.
"This problem is related to the manufacturer; even we, UNICEF, do not have accurate information about the timing of delivery of the vaccine. The delay does not only concern Georgia, but other countries have also faced the problem, to which AstraZeneca's Spanish production line has also delayed the timely delivery of drugs," a UNICEF representative told First Channel.
The process of immunization with the "AstraZeneca" vaccine got delayed at the Republic Hospital yesterday.