Bulgaria’s process of vaccination against Covid-19 began

The process of vaccination against Covid-19 in Bulgaria began at about 10am on December 27.

It stated simultaneously in the cities of Sofia, Plovdiv and Bourgas.

Health Minister Kostadin Angelov was the first to get the vaccine.

The start of the vaccination process was broadcast live on BNT.

Angelov was given the first injection at St Anna hospital in Sofia. “I believe that the scientists have done their job. I believe that we will soon begin to prevail over Covid-19. I can’t wait to see my 70-year-old father without any worries, as we have not seen each other for a long time,” he said.

The vaccination started with a medical examination, After the vaccine was given, the minister remained under monitoring for about 20 minutes. A resuscitation team was provided on site. Then Professor Angelov showed the document certifying the vaccination.

Immediately after him, Bulgarian Orthodox Church Bishop Tikhon, Dr Rada Prokopova, head of the Department of Cardiology at the Clinic of Internal Medicine and currently head of the Covid-19 department at St Anna hospital, as well as Ani Kirova, a nurse at the Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Clinic, were vaccinated.

!00 doses have been delivered to the hospital. 15 medical specialists will be vaccinated today.

At 10:01, the vaccination of a part of the personnel of the Military Medical Academy started. The first to be vaccinated at the Military Medical Academy was Major-General Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, head of the academy and of Bulgaria’s national task force against Covid-19. Today, 63 doctors, 20 nurses and 17 healthcare assistants will be vaccinated at the Military Medical Academy, including Prof. Nikola Vladov, Prof. Krum Katsarov, Prof. Iliya Saltirov.

"We are closing the year and everything will be left behind. We are at war and this is our weapon, in these little bottles,” Mutafchiyski said. It will save us from everything that was this year. It will bring back the hugs and the kisses with our children and relatives ", said Prof. Dr. Gen. Mutafchiyski after he received the jab.

Among others in the first group to be vaccinated was Professor Assen Baltov, head of Pirogov emergency hospital in Sofia .

“I have a lot of faith in science and I think this vaccine will make us all live free of worries. I hope everyone gets vaccinated. And the other thing that's very important, even though I've had Covid, I think that people who had had Covid, should get the vaccines because there is no lasting immunity, the antibodies are gradually weakening and that is why it is good to get vaccinated so that we can achieve the collective immunity of 70% of the population," said Prof. Baltov.

The head of Bulgaria’s national vaccination task force, Professor Krassimir Gigov was also among the first to get the vaccine. He received the injection at Pirogov hospital.

“We want to show that the vaccine is safe, harmless and has only positive effects,” he said.

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