Vaccination

There are 54 new cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria, and one infected person has died, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal.

In the last 24 hours, 648 tests were performed for COVID-19, which means that the positive results are 8.3 percent.

Ghana on Thursday became the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine for young children, one that officials hope will offer better protection against the disease that kills hundreds of thousands every year.

A total of 192 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria over the last 24 hours, according to the data published in the Unified Information Portal.

To detect them, 2,718 tests were performed, which means that the proportion of positive results is 7.06%.

Millions of lives could be saved by a range of new vaccines for a range of diseases, including cancer, experts say. A leading pharmaceutical company has announced that by 2030 there will be vaccines against cancer, cardiovascular, autoimmune and other diseases, the Guardian writes.

One hundred and thirty-three new cases of coronavirus were registered in the last 24 hours in Bulgaria. One of the confirmed infected has died, according to data from the Unified Information Portal.

The World Health Organization has tailored its Covid-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that healthy children and adolescents may not necessarily need a shot but older, high-risk groups should get a booster between 6 to 12 months after their last vaccine.

Two hundred and fifty-five cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the last 24 hours, 56.86% of them are among unvaccinated people, according to the data published in the Unified Information Portal. The dead are two, neither of whom was vaccinated.

With this, the total number of victims of the pandemic in Bulgaria reached 38,250.

US pharmaceutical company Pfizer has agreed to extend its contract with the European Union for the vaccine against COVID-19 from 2023 to 2026, the Financial Times reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Bulgaria and several other EU countries will insist that the European Health Commission terminate the contract with "Pfizer-Biontech" for the supply of covid vaccines, said acting Minister of Health Asen Medjidiev at a briefing.

In the last 24 hours, 13 new cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed in Bulgaria, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal. No deaths.

875 tests were performed, of which 98 PCR tests and 777 rapid antigen tests. The proportion of positive tests is 1.49 percent.