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Georgia vaccination

Amid spike in COVID, Georgia drops passport system

The government said the system was useless against the Omicron variant, but critics accused them of pandering to anti-vaxxer sentiment.
Giorgi Lomsadze Feb 8, 2022
(photo: Bassiani)

A belated return to Georgia’s dance floors

Tbilisi’s world-famous nightclubs were the country’s last businesses to reopen following the COVID lockdown. But it took a confrontation with the authorities to make it happen.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 14, 2022
Georgia vaccination

Georgia introduces COVID passports amid record high numbers

Similar systems have been used around the world to encourage vaccinations. But under Georgia’s, you may be better off not being vaccinated at all.
Tornike Mandaria Nov 30, 2021
Will they return? (Education Ministry)

COVID deepens digital divide in Georgian schools

Poor and rural families are not equipped to handle online school. Now they fear another academic year is going to start with schools still closed.
Giorgi Lomsadze Aug 19, 2021
Garibashvili

Coronavirus in Georgia ‘five times worse than India’

Georgia’s mortality rate is among the world’s highest, and just under 6 percent of the population is fully vaccinated.
Giorgi Lomsadze Aug 13, 2021
A vial of Sinopharm (photos by the Georgian Health Ministry)

Georgia: The discreet inevitability of Chinese vaccines

A few months ago, the thought of taking a Chinese COVID vaccine was unthinkable to Georgians. Now it’s the norm.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jul 8, 2021
Georgia vaccine

Can Georgia vaccinate its way out of recession?

Recent growth indicators seem impressive only compared to the disaster that was 2020.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jun 24, 2021
boy in Georgia

Georgia: Brunch in a time of plague

After some early success in fighting COVID, Georgia let down its guard. Then I did, too.
Giorgi Lomsadze May 26, 2021
Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine on March 23. (government handout)

Georgian COVID immunization drive stumbles out of the gate

The death of a nurse, hasty European policy decisions and the Georgian church’s indifference all have contributed to a rocky rollout for the vaccination campaign.
Giorgi Lomsadze Mar 24, 2021
Health Ministry Georgia

Awaiting the COVID vaccine, Georgians are split between skeptical and eager

More than 40 percent of Georgians say they don’t want to get the jab, which could complicate public health efforts when the vaccines finally arrive.
Giorgi Lomsadze Feb 3, 2021
Torosyan vaccine

Caucasus vaccine effort infected with geopolitics

The COVID-19 vaccination experiences of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia show that if you’re a small and poor country, you need to rely on powerful friends.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 12, 2021
Tikaradze visiting a hospital in Batumi

Georgia’s COVID outbreak grows from molehill to “Everest”

In the early days of the pandemic, Georgia enjoyed one of the most enviable rates in the world. Things began to fall apart in late summer.
Giorgi Lomsadze Dec 7, 2020
parliament

Election clashes, COVID deepen crisis in Georgia

Rights activists blasted the authorities' use of force.
Giorgi Lomsadze Nov 9, 2020
Giorgi Gakharia

New wave of COVID complicates Georgian ruling party’s election strategy

The Georgian government’s strict, successful early response earned it political dividends. But with a new outbreak, that success is coming under question.
Giorgi Lomsadze Sep 25, 2020
Fire breathing

Georgia experiences its first wave of COVID-19

With their borders still largely closed, Georgians hit the beach and let their guard down. The epidemiological result was inevitable.
Giorgi Lomsadze Sep 18, 2020

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