Report alleging that people will be fined for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine is false

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On March 2, web-page geovips.com published the news with the following headline: “Vaccination Will Be Compulsory. Whoever Refuses Will be Fined 3000 Gel”. In the article itself, it’s written that after other fines, the government fining people who refuse the vaccine will be inevitable. The article doesn’t indicate the source of the information. The report published on the webpage has the photo of Amiran Gamkrelidze, the head of the National Center for Disease Control, attached.

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Information about compulsory vaccination and fines disseminated by geovips.com is false. According to the “National Plan for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment in Georgia“ unveiled by the Georgian government, vaccination will be voluntary and will require an individual’s informed consent before the vaccination. Moreover, a photo of Amiran Gamkrelidze attached to the article gives the impression as if the quote belongs to him despite the fact that the aforesaid or content-wise similar quote from Gamkrelidze cannot be found in open sources. He’s made a statement in the past saying that administration of the vaccine would be voluntary. 

Information published on geovips.com alleging that the COVID-19 vaccine will be compulsory and those who refuse the vaccine will be fined is false.
“National Plan for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment in Georgia“ was approved per the January 21, 2021 decree of the Georgian government. The plan notes that vaccination will be voluntary for all including medical personnel.

Geovips.com has the photo of Amiran Gamkrelidze attached giving the impression that he’s the one who spoke about the compulsory vaccination. However, the aforesaid or content-wise similar quote from Gamkrelidze cannot be found in open sources. On the contrary, on February 2, Amiran Gamkrelidze stated that vaccination is voluntary and 14 000 people will be vaccinated in the first stage.

About the source

Geovips.com doesn’t provide much information about the webpage. Indicated contact email is [email protected], which doesn’t correspond with the name of the webpage.

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Besides informative news, web-page also publishes click-bait articles.

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Geovips.com’s Facebook page notes that the page was created in November 2019 and currently has two administrators in Italy and Georgia.

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According to the Whois Lookup, the IP location of the webpage is in Gunzenhausen, Germany, albeit the IP address has been changed 42 times.

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