Even those who have recovered from coronavirus should be vaccinated, Prof. Krasimir Gigov, head of the Vaccine Task Force, has told BNR. "The risk of not getting the vaccine is much greater than the benefit. Today we have methods that can assess..
The Bulgarian Parliament has approved the government's proposal to include Bulgaria in EU agreements for the purchase of vaccines against Covid-19. The vaccine will not be included in the immunization calendar of Bulgaria. It will be..
Bulgaria has joined the contracts with AstraZeneca and Sanofi for a vaccine against Covid-19, Minister of Healthcare Kostadin Angelov has told the parliamentary health committee. It has adopted a draft decision approving Bulgaria's participation in..
The first batches of the Pfizer vaccine will most likely arrive in Bulgaria in December, Dr. Rumen Hichev, head of a group at the crisis headquarters at the US Department of Health, has told Nova TV. Because of "technological challenges", the doctor..
“The prototype of the Bulgarian coronavirus vaccine will be ready by the end of the year,” said Prof. Penka Petrova, director of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Microbiology for bTV. “The viral proteins it will be targeted at..
A team of Bulgarian scientists led by Andrey Chorbanov from the Department of Immunology at the Institute of Microbiology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, are working together with the Pasteur Institute on a Covid-19 vaccine . They are..
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov congratulated, on Facebook, the European Commission on the contract for a potential coronavirus vaccine. He expressed particular gratitude to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the equal..
A study by the World Health Organization - WHO shows that 37% of Bulgarians do not want to get the future vaccine against Covid-19, Assoc. Prof. Mihail Okoliyski, WHO representative for Bulgaria, has told bTV. Compared to other Europeans, Bulgarians..
PM Boyko Borissov tests positive for coronavirus “Even though the Regional Health Inspectorate lifted my quarantine, on Friday I postponed all my appointments and public appearances for the coming days,” Prime Minister Boyko Borissov wrote on..
Interest in influenza vaccines has increased this year , Nikolay Kostov, chairman of the Association of Pharmacy Owners, told the BNR. There are about 70,000 vaccines in pharmaceutical storage facilities, most of which are for medical professionals..
