Bulgarian Health Minister Kostadin Angelov receives his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Bulgaria:
Four Bulgarians vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine developed mild to moderate side effects, the executive director of the Bulgarian Drug Agency, Bogdan Kirilov, said on Monday.
Bulgaria’s vaccination campaign started on December 27 among the priority group, including medical workers. By Monday, nearly 5,000 people had been vaccinated.
“The side effects ranged from mild to moderate. People who experienced them have already recovered,” Kirilov was quoted as saying by Bulgarian National Radio.
According to the official, the side effects included two cases of pain, one case of dizziness and one case of negligible temperature rise.
Hours earlier, Bulgaria received the second shipment of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, consisting of 25,000 doses. According to Health Minister Kostadin Angelov, mass vaccination in Bulgaria would likely start sometime in the period from February to March.
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