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Bulgaria starts second phase of coronavirus vaccination

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As of today, the second phase of the immunization against Covid-19 starts of people in regions where enough medical staff have been vaccinated. According to the national vaccination plan, the second group includes residents and staff of nursing homes, teachers and mink farm workers. 

A week later, mass testing will begin with rapid antigen tests of 90,000 employees in the education system. 

A total of 18,720 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine are expected to be delivered today.



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