According to the head of the National Group of Technical Immunization Consultants, Professor Ivan Chhaidze, it is possible that the Indian strain will become dominant in Georgia, although its distribution rates will be much lower than in other countries, 1TV.GE transmits.
At this stage in Georgia, 20 cases of the Indian strain were confirmed.
According to Ivan Chhaidze, double vaccination allows you to protect a person from the Indian strain.
“The detectability of the Indian strain in one-time vaccination remains high. The only opportunity to protect against Indian strain is a double vaccination. If the standard vaccine efficiency is 87 percent, then in the case of Indian strain, this figure is 5-6 percent lower. And when One-time vaccination This difference is already 20-25 percent. Disposable vaccination will not protect us from the Indian strain, “said Ivan Chhaidze.