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Bulgaria expects delivery of Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines

Bogdan Kirilov
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In the last days of March, over 31,000 doses of Pfizer, over 51,000 of Moderna, and over 150,000 of AstraZeneca will be delivered to Bulgaria. A total of at least 650,000 doses are expected to arrive in April, including the vaccine Johnson & Johnson. 

This was summed up in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio by Bogdan Kirilov, director of Bulgaria's Executive Drug Agency and a member of the vaccination staff.

He explained that with the updated delivery schedules, doses for vaccination of a total of 2.5 million Bulgarians are expected to be provided by June. According to him, Bulgaria has ordered doses for a population of 10 million.



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