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More than 70% of medical staff have been vaccinated or have had coronavirus: Health Minister

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“Bulgarian medical staff have already reached collective immunity against Covid-19 because more than 70% of them have been vaccinated or have had coronavirus,” Health Minister Prof. Kostadin Angelov stated in Varna.

He added that collective immunity will be reached by the entire population by the end of summer after the country receives additional quantities ofvaccine. “At the end of April all unvaccinated Bulgarians will be able to choose which vaccine to be inoculated with,” Minister Angelov said.



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