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Number of Bulgarian medics willing to take Covid-19 vacines increases

Minister Kostadin Angelov (L) and Dr. Krasimir Gigov (R)
Photo: BTA

45,000 Bulgarian medics have already voiced willingness to take Covid-19 vaccines, the Chairman of the National Vaccination Headquarters Dr. Krassimir Gigov announced. Dr. Gigov and Bulgaria’s Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov received the first delivery of the new Covid-19 vaccines in Bulgaria. 

The vaccines are to be distributed to the district cities. Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna districts are to receive 1,100 vaccines each and 450 vaccines will be distributed to Burgas district. People from other sectors such as the food industry, the Union of Bulgarian Artists, lawyers and notaries, have also sent requests to take Covid-19 vaccines.




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