ADM approves USD 15M loan to support Georgia’s purchase of vaccines 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $15 million loan to support Georgia’s National Vaccines Deployment Plan by purchasing and delivering an estimated 700,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines as well as syringes, safety boxes, and other items for administering vaccines, announces the ADB, Report informs, citing Georgian media.

The government aims to vaccinate 60% of the total adult population in 2021, or about 1.7 million people. ADB’s Covid-19 Vaccine Support Project for Georgia will procure enough vaccines to inoculate about 300,000 people or about 8% of Georgia’s total population.