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Minister of Health Angelov to be the first Bulgarian to get Covid-19 vaccine

Bulgaria's Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov
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Minister of Health Professor Kostadin Angelov confirmed that he will be the first Bulgarian to get Covid-19 vaccine, a reporter of Horizont channel informed. 

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines are accompanied by all the necessary information materials, Minister Angelov pointed out. Some of the first 9750 doses that arrived on Saturday morning in Bulgaria have been already sent to Plovdiv and Burgas.

About 4,500 doses of vaccines will be distributed to six different regions depending on the number of their residents, Minister Angelov explained. Tomorrow, inoculation will begin simultaneously in Sofia, Plovdiv and Burgas.




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