Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Day 437 published on 5/18/21 6:16 PM
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Children under five to be exempt from presenting negative test result upon arrival
Following an order of Bulgaria’s caretaker Minister of Health issued on May 18, children under five, who are nationals of Bulgaria, EU members states, Schengen countries, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the USA, Japan, New Zealand, China, Rwanda, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay, the United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Ukraine, North Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Israel, Kuwait, Belarus and Turkey, will no longer be required to present a document showing a negative PCR test result, or a negative antigen test result upon arrival. The new regulation takes effect on May 19. As of May 19, Bulgaria temporarily bans entry of travellers from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the Ma
Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Day 403 published on 4/14/21 7:06 PM | updated on 4/14/21 8:24 PM
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By June we shall be able to achieve collective immunity: Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev
“Sufficient quantities of mRNA vaccines will have arrived in Bulgaria by June and we shall be able to achieve collective immunity,” Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev, member of the National Operational Headquarters and Director of the National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases said for BNT.
He commented that Bulgaria approves of the introduction of vaccination travel certificates. “In light of the fact that we are a tourist destination I think that a very active policy is being pursued with our neibhbours, and at an EU level to be able to have a freer but controlled movement of people,” Prof. Kantardzhiev said. “The results of the tests showing whether different kinds of vaccines can be combined for the first and the second shot are expected within two w
Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Day 347 published on 2/17/21 7:31 PM
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45% of teachers in Bulgaria do not plan to get vaccinated against Covid-19
27% of teachers in Bulgaria want to get vaccinated against Copvid-19 and other 27% are still undecided. However, 45% of them are not planning to receive vaccines, indicates an online survey of the Bulgarian Union of Teachers and the Association of Directors in Secondary Education in Bulgaria conducted among more than 13,000 pedagogues between February 9 and 13.
More than 47% of the teachers who are unwilling to receive vaccines are worried about possible side effects of the vaccines. 44% of the respondents say they do not have reliable information about the effect of the vaccines, BNR’s reporter Andrey Borisov informs.