Medicine
Bulgaria: Nearly 300 Vaccination Sites to Be Set up Across the Country
Nearly 280 vaccination sites will be opened in the country and their addresses will be uploaded on a special platform, said at the National Assembly Health Minister Kostadin Angelov, specifying that the ministry is to launch an information campaign on the benefits of vaccination:
AFP: The small Balkan country Serbia
The small Balkan country has inoculated more than 450,000 of its population of seven million in almost two weeks, a rate that exceeds all other states in Europe apart from Britain, according to the scientific publication Our World in Data.
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Officially requested: Approve our vaccine, urgently
The company's request followed a report on January 29, which states that global clinical testing has shown that the effectiveness of this vaccine in preventing coronavirus infection amounts to 66 percent.
The vaccine, which is given in a single dose, could speed up delivery and simplify the U.S. immunization campaign, according to Reuters.
Bulgaria Covid 19: If Restrictive Measures Are Not Observed - New Wave in The End of The Month
The director of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev said today that if the measures are not observed - the gathering of people in malls and mocking wearing of masks continues, a new wave at the end of February could be expected.
1,267 coronavirus cases on Wednesday as hospitalisations drop below 1,000
Ljubljana – Slovenia reported 1,267 new coronavirus cases from 14,545 tests on Wednesday as the epidemiological situation kept improving. Hospitalisations dropped below 1,000 for the first time since early November. Further 16 Covid-19 patients died, fresh official data show.
Number of people vaccinated tops 2.5 mln in Turkey
The number of people in Turkey who have received their first doses of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus crossed the 2.5 million mark as of Feb. 4, according to official figures.
In Turkey's mass vaccination campaign, under which health professionals are administering jabs of CoronaVac purchased from Chinese company Sinovac, immunization efforts are running smoothly.
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CNCAV: Immunization with AstraZeneca vaccine - recommended for 18 to 55 age group
Immunization against COVID-19 with AstraZeneca vaccine is recommended for the 18 to 55 age group, with the possibility of increasing this range as new scientific data emerge, and the recommended time interval between the two doses is 8 weeks, the National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) specified on Thursday.
EU names industry chief to ramp up vaccine output after AstraZeneca delays
European Union industry commissioner Thierry Breton was put in charge of a new vaccine production task force on Thursday after the EU executive came under fire over delays with deliveries of vaccines against the coronavirus.
Coronavirus Greece: 1,070 new cases, 533 in Attica
1149 patients have been discharged from the ICU since the beginning of the pandemic
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Russia sends Covid-19 Vaccines Sputnik to Iran
After some European countries opted to use Sputnik vaccine Russia, Iran also received the vaccine. Last month, the Iranian parliament had pleaded for a ban on Western-produced, and especially US-made vaccines, for political reasons.
The first shipment of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Iran on Thursday.
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