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2.5 Georgia receives Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Sinovac doses in July
Georgia will receive 500,000 Pfizer doses of coronavirus vaccine on July 24, the government announced. The vaccines will come from the US as part of its global Covid partner countries measures. The new batch follows the arrival of 28,000 Pfizer shots on July 14, and half a million shots each of Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines on July 2.
Lithuania is donating 15,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to Georgia, Lithuania's Health Ministry said on July 23. The donation comes in response to Georgia's request to help it deal with the coronavirus.
Georgia has received another half a million Chinese Sinovac coronavirus vaccine doses, the government announced on July 20.
In June, Estonia also said it would send 100,000 vaccine doses to the country. Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili argued that Georgia now has more vaccine shots available “than needed,” and called on the public to participate more actively in the vaccination drive.
Georgia initiated its vaccine rollout on March 15, and as of July 20, 368,179 persons have received at least a single jab, while 132,207 have been fully vaccinated. AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Sinovac and Pfizer shots are being administered in the country.
2.6 Assailants of Georgian TV anchor found guilty, released from jail
Tbilisi City Court on August 25 found three men guilty on charges related to the July 5 assault of Formula TV anchorman Vakho Sanaia.
The assailants – Suliko Sakevarishvili, Vazha Gigauri, and Giorgi Sakhelashvili – were convicted on charges of persecution on the basis of professional activities perpetrated with violence, while Gigauri was additionally found guilty of threatening on a discriminatory basis.
The judge sentenced all three to six months in prison each, equal to the time already served in pre-trial detention, allowing the convicts to go free. Sakevarishvili and Gigauri were additionally sentenced to 150 hours of community service each.
The court said that upon sentencing the judge took earlier clean criminal and administrative offence records of the defendants into account.
Sanaia called the ruling “shameful,” saying the judge deliberately postponed the trials several times to give the suspects the minimal punishments possible and get them released from jail.
“This is one system, how does it matter whether you appeal it or not,” Sanaia said on the question of if he was going to challenge the first instance court’s decision.
The representatives of Sakhelashvili, one of the assailants, said on the other hand that they will be contesting the ruling in a court of higher instance. Gela
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