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“If immunization starts well, believe me, by the middle of the year we will have the confidence to say the end of COVID, the end of restrictions and the return to normal life,” Chief State Health Inspector Angel told BNT today. Kunchev. He clarified that another condition is compliance with the restrictions.
According to Kunchev, the restrictions are already working, but there is impatience and hesitation among the people. The expert believes that after Christmas and New Year’s morbidity will increase slightly, but if the measures are followed, the positive trend will not stop.
The first vaccines against the coronavirus are expected in Bulgaria on the night of December 25 or in the morning of December 26. The trucks with the doses will leave Brussels on the morning of December 24 to all EU member states.
The first coronavirus vaccine in Bulgaria is expected to be administered on December 27, Kunchev said. The first delivery will be 10,000 Pfizer vaccines. It will be enough for 5,000 people to ensure there will be a second dose for them, to be administered in about a month.
The first Moderna vaccines will likely arrive around February. The hospitals that received the first doses will decide who will be the first to be vaccinated, Kunchev said.
According to the latest data, 40% of Bulgarians would not be vaccinated. Angel Kunchev commented that despite this, immunization will not be mandatory, but did not rule out the possibility that the country’s immunization strategy will fail. The associate professor specified that if 70% of people are vaccinated, the pandemic will disappear.
In response to a question, Kunchev said that it is not clear for what period the protection is after vaccination, but it is for at least 6 months. Smaller syringes and thinner needles must be purchased to purchase vaccines, and instructions on how to inject them must be printed. Each vaccinated person will receive two documents, the state’s chief health inspector said.
