Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

70% of emergency medical services staff are vaccinated against Covid-19: survey

Photo: archive

70% of the 233 members of the emergency medical services staff in the country are vaccinated against Covid-19, indicate the results of an anonymous survey.

The survey was conducted in the period from 24 February, 2022 to 17 March, 2022, in connection with the weekly discussions on “Vaccines and vaccination against Covid-19”, organized by the Ministry of Health.

Out of all respondents, 144 are medical specialists (33 doctors, 60 nurses and 51 assistants), and 89 are non-medical specialists (12 paramedics and 77 ambulance drivers). 85% of the doctors are vaccinated against Covid-19, and 58% have taken a booster shot. 76% of the medical assistants and 60% of the nurses say they are vaccinated. 



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Overcast with showers in southeastern Bulgaria

On Tuesday, lows will be between 1 and 6°C, 1°C in Sofia. During the day it will remain mostly cloudy, with showers mainly in the southeast. Over southwestern Bulgaria the clouds will break up and clear. Maximum temperatures will be 4° to 9°C, around..

published on 12/2/24 7:05 PM
Evelina Slavcheva

Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva becomes first female President of BAS

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is to have a female president for the first time. Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva from the Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems was elected today to lead the 155-year-old institution...

published on 12/2/24 6:20 PM
Borislav Sarafov

Prosecutor's Office and Interior Ministry declare zero tolerance for violence 

At a national meeting convened by acting Prosecutor-General Borislav Sarafo v to discuss the rise in public and domestic violence, it was declared that the Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of the Interior would not tolerate such crimes. "Under my..

published on 12/2/24 3:40 PM