Dear Dr. Nitzan,

First of all, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the WHO Regional Office for Europe for cooperation and support.

Please, be informed that the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia nominates Dr. Paata Imnadze (e-mail: pimnadze@ncdc.ge; tel.: +995599906853), Deputy Director General of the LEPL National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC) as a laboratory focal point of the European Regional Laboratory Task Force for High Threat Pathogens and Ms. Lile Malania (e-mail: l.malania@ncdc.ge; tel.: +995595956110), Head of General Bacteriological Laboratory of NCDC as an alternate.

Thank you for cooperation and support.

Sincerely yours,

Head of Analytics, HR Management and International Relations Department; WHO National Counterpart

Sofiko Belkania