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Сovid-19 in Bulgaria: Day 290 published on 12/22/20 6:49 PM | updated on 12/22/20 7:32 PM
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Rapid antigen tests equated with PCR tests
By order of Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov, rapid antigen tests are being added as a laboratory criterion in diagnosing Covid-19. Persons with positive antigen tests shall be registered as Covid-19 cases and included in the data of the Single Coronavirus Information Portal. They shall be subject to 14-day quarantine, and their close contacts – to 10-day quarantine, as with cases confirmed by PCR tests. Rapid antigen tests shall be applied with regard to patients within 5 days after the beginning of clinical symptoms, and with regard to contacts – within 7 days of their last contact with the person infected. In the event of clinical symptoms of coronavirus and a negative result, a PCR test shall be applied, failing this, another antigen test shall be performed 2 to 4 days later.
Greece is sending COVID-19 vaccines to North Macedonia from the first batch arriving in Athens
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Government spokesman Stelios Petsas, speaking on Wednesday morning on Parapolitika FM, revealed how many COVID-19 doses will arrive for the first phase of the vaccination program in Greece that will start in January, or maybe even the end of December.
As he said, only 300,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will come, which means that only 150,000 people will be vaccinated in January.
In fact, Petsas characterized this development as bad news.
The government spokesman added that Greeks should be careful, observe measures such as mask wearing and maintaining social distancing.