“I appeal to the authorities to take urgent and strict measures - mandatory vaccination for risk groups, the introduction of covid passports for visiting public places and at least paid treatment for unvaccinated citizens,” Interfax quoted her as saying.

According to her, the pandemic carries a tragedy of unprecedented proportions for the country.

“We are all responsible for today's catastrophic situation,” she said.

In mid-October, the Director General of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of the Ministry of Health of Georgia, Amiran Gamkrelidze, announced the beginning of the fifth wave of the spread of coronavirus infection in the republic.