Vaccines

The use and creation of fake vaccination certificates against COVID-19 is subject to criminal prosecution and is punishable by a fine or imprisonment under new legislation passed at first reading in Ukraine, Reuters reported.

"The ideal option is to introduce compulsory vaccination in the country with a caretaker government," said Dr. Miroslav Nenkov in the Awake! Studio.

More and more parents are deciding to vaccinate their children against COVID-19, but so far there are no statistics on their number.

There was a large influx of children around September 15, for children for the second dose, which means that the parents have been thinking about immunization since the summer.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted that month to recommend the vaccine for children older than 12 

Foreign travellers will need to prove that they have received both doses of the vaccine before traveling to the United States

In particular, the notam for flights from abroad that will be valid until 22/10/21 provides the following:

"There is no doubt in the effectiveness of the vaccines against the Delta variant of coronavirus, although this effectiveness has been reduced. There is no doubt in the reliability and effectiveness of the four vaccines approved for use in the EU and in Bulgaria against Covid-19," said Prof. Mariana Murdzheva, clinical immunologist and rector of MU-Plovdiv.

As Turkey continues its battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have intensified their efforts to introduce its locally produced vaccine.
The interim results of the Phase 3 trials of Turkovac, being carried out with the participation of thousands of volunteers across Turkey, will be announced very soon, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency.

"At the moment, the exit strategy is very clear. Within 10 to 15 days, vaccinate 20 to 25 percent of those who have not been vaccinated. If we now have 53 percent of those vaccinated, the rest are unvaccinated, and the virus is maintained there. Moreover, it maintains changes and creates new opportunities for different strains", says Tiodorovi.

Vaccination point at Sofia's St. Anna Hospital is one of the places where those wishing to be immunized can receive a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This has been possible for several days now, and it will be open also on weekends.

More than 100 people have passed through the vaccination centre in three days.