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Bulgarian Expert: There should be Vaccination against COVID-19 Every Year
"I do not believe that Omicron will end the pandemic. New variants of the virus are constantly appearing. The mutation of the virus is a normal biological process. For every virus - not just this one. There will be many other mutations. The question is not whether the pandemic with Omicron will disappear, but what measures will be taken.
İYİ Party leader Akşener tests positive for COVID-19
Meral Akşener, the leader of the opposition İYİ (Good) Party, has become yet another senior politician who has tested positive for COVID-19.
"The PCR test, which I had, came out positive. My husband and I will in quarantine for one week. We are feeling very well," Akşener wrote on Twitter.
Older Certificates with two Doses will be Valid only in Bulgaria
The European digital covid certificates for vaccination of 93 thousand Bulgarians expire on February 1 and will not be valid when traveling in the EU, the Ministry of Health announced. Gradually, this number will expand with the first vaccinated in early 2021.
From Feb 1: Covid Certificates of over 93,000 Bulgarian Citizens will not be Valid in the EU
Turkey starts giving Turkovac as booster shot to BioNTech recipients
Turkey has started to give the locally developed inactivated vaccine, Turkovac, as a booster shot to those who have already received two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA jab.
From Feb 1: Covid Certificates of over 93,000 Bulgarian Citizens will not be Valid in the EU
The European digital COVID certificates for vaccination of 93 thousand citizens, whose vaccination course was completed more than 270 days ago on February 1, will not be valid for travel to the EU, the Ministry of Health announced.
European Green Certificates for Completed Vaccination Course will be Valid for 270 days
COVID-19 in Bulgaria: More New Cases than Newly Vaccinated in the Last 24 hours
2847 are newly infected with COVID-19 in the country. They were found after a total of 13,268 tests, which means that the positive samples are just over 21%. This is shown by the data from the Unified Information Portal for January 24.
European Green Certificates for Completed Vaccination Course will be Valid for 270 days
From 1 February 2022, all European green certificates for completed vaccination course will be valid for 270 days from the date of the last dose. The change is due to the decision (EU) 2021/2301 of the European Commission of 21 December 2021, which specifies the validity of certificates and introduces uniform rules for EU countries.
COVID-19 in Bulgaria: Over 80% of Patients in Sofia are with Omicron, in the Country – 40%
Over 80 percent of patients in Sofia have the Omicron variant. This percentage for the country is a little over 40. It is a fact that it runs with milder symptoms, but is much more contagious.
COVID-19 in Bulgaria: Almost 10,000 New Cases in the Last 24 hours
COVID-19 in Bulgaria: Almost 10,000 New Cases in the Last 24 hours
9,874 are the new cases of coronavirus in our country during the last 24 hours, the data of the Unified Information Portal showed.
615 are the new cases that were hospitalized. 84% of them have not been vaccinated. A total of 5,164 patients are currently hospitalized with coronavirus. 547 of them are in intensive care units.
Next three months crucial to control Omicron strain, says expert
The next three months will be crucial for efforts to confront challenges from the Omicron strain of COVID-19, a health expert has said, calling for speeding up the drive to give booster shoots.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca last week announced the first cases of the Omicron variant in Turkey.