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Every week, from Monday to Thursday, GPs and open vaccination centres in the country will immunise people over 60 years of age against Covid-19, according to an order issued on May 17 by Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov. During this period, vaccination of people under 60 years of age is allowed if they are being treated for ischemic heart disease, chronic renal failure, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, chronic lung disease and cancer, or other illnesses at the discretio...

This brings Bulgaria’s death toll linked to the disease to 17 259. Of 4309 tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 151 – about 3.5 per cent – proved positive. To date, 414 192 cases of new coronavirus have been confirmed in Bulgaria, a figure that includes those who have died, the active cases and those who have recovered from the virus. There are 34 458 active cases, a decrease of six compared with the figure in the May 16 report. The report said that 148 people in Bulgaria had recov...

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has decided to join the European Commission deal to acquire Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines in 2022 and 2023, with the country set to receive 14 million doses in those two years, caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov said on May 17. The quantities would be sufficient for Bulgaria’s entire population, Katsarov told a briefing after a cabinet meeting. The contract stipulates that if a new strain emerges, Pfizer will produce a variant of its vaccine. Katsarov said...

Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev said in a May 16 television interview that Bulgaria’s health authorities plan to extend the country’s Covid-19 epidemic declaration by a further month, to the end of June. Bulgaria declared a State of Emergency on March 13 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. This continued until May 13 2020, when it was succeeded by an epidemic declaration, which has been extended repeatedly, most recently to the end of May, a decision taken in the final weeks o...

A total of 33 237 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 were administered in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to date to 1 106 760, according to the May 15 daily report by the national information system. So far, 409 394 people have completed the vaccination cycle, meaning either that they have received a second dose or one from a single-dose vaccine. According to the report, in the past 24 hours, the doses administered included 18 091 of the Pfizer-BioNTech, 3587 of the Moderna, ...

The head of Pirogov emergency hospital in Sofia, Professor Assen Baltov, said in a television interview on May 15 that he expects that when the national vaccination headquarters meets on Monday, it will decide to continue the system of “green corridors” for jabs against Covid-19 for all comers. Baltov said that it was his opinion that the “green corridors” should remain operational at very least in the major hospitals in Bulgaria’s capital city, where it was possible for people to com...

The number of doses of vaccines against Covid-19 administered in Bulgaria so far is 1 073 523, including 35 759 in the past 24 hours, according to the May 14 report by the national information system. The report said that so far 287 980 second doses had been administered, including 25 658 in the past 24 hours. Deliveries of vaccines against Covid-19 to Bulgaria this week included 273 780 Pfizer-BioNTech doses on May 10, a total of 12 000 doses of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine on May 12, a...

The European Commission’s spring forecast for the EU economy, released on May 12, raised the estimate for Bulgaria’s economic growth this year to 3.5 per cent, but lowered its projection for 2022 to 4.7 per cent. In its previous winter forecast, the Commission had estimated 2.7 per cent growth in 2021 and 4.9 per cent in 2022. The Commission said that the figures were conditional on “the absorbtion profile” of funds under the Recovery and Resilience Plan, which was expected play a key ...

The number of doses against Covid-19 administered in Bulgaria has passed the one-million mark, according to figures posted on May 13 by the national information system. The daily report said that in the past 24 hours, a total of 36 477 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 were administered in Bulgaria, bringing the total to date to 1 035 763. Of these, 36 377 were administered in the past 24 hours. A total of 362 322 people in Bulgaria have received a second dose, including 24 239 on May 12, acco...

A total of 35 748 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 were administered in Bulgaria on May 11. The May 12 report by Bulgaria’s national information system said that so far, 999 287 doses had been administered. A total of 338 083 people have received a second dose, including 26 238 in the past 24 hours. The national information system said that in the past 24 hours, 59 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for new coronavirus had died, bringing the death toll linked to the disease to 17 10...