COVID-19 vaccination in Bulgaria

The completed vaccination course, with any of the EU-approved vaccines, provides a high level of protection against the severe course of the disease and death caused by SARS-CoV-2, including infection with the Delta variant of the virus. This was announced by the Bulgarian Ministry of Health.

It is possible to reach a total lockdown. Everything stops when hospitals cannot provide us with the care we need. The interval between 6000 and 8000 hospital beds occupied for non-intensive patients is acceptable. Our system probably can't accept more than this limit because there aren't that many staff.

Former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov's claim that expired vaccines are being given is false news and poses a threat to national security in the wake of another wave of pandemics. This was stated in a letter to the Sofia City Prosecutor Iliana Kirilova by the Minister of Health Stoycho Katsarov.

By Christmas, deaths from COVID-19 in Bulgaria could increase 7 times. This forecast was made in the program "Hello, Bulgaria" by Dr. Petar Markov from the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London.

Over 80% drop in restaurant turnover was observed in the first two days after the "green certificate" became mandatory for visiting places for dining and entertainment, according to data from the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association, the Association of Restaurants in Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Association of Establishments.

A record number of new coronavirus infections and deaths have been registered in Bulgaria in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Unified Information Portal.

The new cases are 5863 - the most in our country since the beginning of the pandemic. They were identified by 51,688 tests (11.34 percent were positive).

Germany has declared Bulgaria and Croatia high-risk countries where the coronavirus epidemic is spreading in dangerous proportions.

Anyone entering Germany from these two countries will have to remain in quarantine for 10 days. An exception is made only for those fully vaccinated with two doses, the second must be given at least 14 days before the trip.

On the first day of entry into force the requirement to access a number of sites only with the so-called "green certificate", there are already changes.

The meeting was also attended by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Aleksandar Vulin, the Minister of Health, Zlatibor Lonar, and the Director of the Security Information Agency, Bratislav Gai.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday announced new restrictions that will come into force on Monday due to rising numbers of COVID-19 infections and deaths.