Bulgarian Drug Agency

 People who have no contraindications to vaccination and have not been vaccinated should promptly start and complete the recommended COVID-19 vaccination series, especially given the fast spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus, the Health Ministry here said Saturday, referring to recommendations issued by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and

There are sufficient quantities of vaccines available in the country, deliveries are regularly carried out by all manufacturers. The "green corridors" for vaccination will continue to function. Director of the Bulgarian Drug Agency Bogdan Kirilov assured the arrival of another 273,780 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will be on time.

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Bulgaria is ranked 5th in Europe and 2nd in the Balkans by morbidity, reported State Chief Health Inspector Assoc. Prof. Angel Kunchev. We are 3th in the EU in mortality after Hungary and the Czech Republic and 1st in the Balkans. Sofia and Silistra have the highest morbidity, as the morbidity of the Balkans is growing, Kunchev added.

Vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine may continue in all EU countries from tomorrow, Bogdan Kirilov, executive director of the Bulgarian Drug Agency said on March 18.

He added that there is an official statement which confirms the effectiveness of the vaccine and there is no problem to continue using it.

Bulgaria ranks 15th in COVID-19 mortality rate in the EU with 7.3 deaths per 100,000, Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev said at a regular news briefing on the epidemic situation on Thursday. Bulgaria, Greece and the Scandinavian countries (except Sweden) are in the zone of low caseload.

The total amount of vaccines that Bulgaria can purchase under contract exceeds 18 million doses. There will be enough vaccines for the entire population, assured CEO of the Bulgarian Drug Agency (BDA) Bogdan Kirilov in the morning program of BNT.

As of today, another 42,000 students from junior high and high school study in attendance, reported Minister of Education and Science Krasimir Valchev during a working meeting convened by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov with representatives of the National Operational Headquarters, the vaccination task force and ministers.

Today, vaccination with Oxford/AstraZeneca begins at Pirogov emergency hospital. Among those vaccinated will be a member of the Central Electoral Commission, the Health Ministry said.

There is not enough data to say for sure "how well the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine would work" in people over 55, and the reason for this is that most of the participants in the manufacturer's preliminary studies are between 18 and 55 years old.