Bulgaria has restricted the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine

The AstraZeneca vaccine will not be used for women under 60 years of age with an increased risk of thrombosis. This was announced at a briefing by the Minister of Health Prof. Dr. Kostadin Angelov. The decisions announced by the Headquarters are as follows:

• AstraZeneca vaccine should not be used for women under 60 years of age with an increased risk of thrombosis and/or a history of thrombocytopenia.
• All people who received the first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine and did not experience any serious side effects can be immunized with a second dose of the same vaccine.
• Individuals who have been vaccinated with the first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine and do not wish to receive a second dose of the same vaccine may receive a dose of Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine no earlier than 84 days after the first dose of AstraZeneca. The immunization is then considered complete.
• In individuals who have contracted COVID-19 after administration of the first dose of vaccines with a two-dose immunization schedule, the second dose should be given no earlier than 6 months after laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis.
• Individuals who have already had COVID-19 may be vaccinated with a full immunization schedule no earlier than 3 months after laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis.
  

The newly diagnosed people with coronavirus in Bulgaria for the last 24 hours are 2,434. The distribution by districts is as follows: Blagoevgrad – 102; Burgas – 37; Varna – 167; Veliko Tarnovo – 100; Vidin – 25; Vratsa – 27; Gabrovo – 26; Dobrich – 64; Kardzhali – 50; Kyustendil – 47; Lovech – 56; Montana – 74; Pazardzhik – 60; Pernik – 33; Pleven – 52; Plovdiv – 264; Razgrad – 26; Ruse – 125; Silistra – 47; Sliven – 45; Smolyan – 36; Sofia region – 77; Sofia city – 522; Stara Zagora – 186; Targovishte – 28; Haskovo – 59; Shumen – 70; Yambol – 29.

A total of 388,815 are the proven cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria at the moment, 62,481 of which are active. 310,922 people have already been cured with 4,244 registered during the past 24 hours. A total of 8,834 patients with COVID-19 were admitted to hospitals. There are 780 of them in intensive care. The doses of vaccines against coronavirus administered in our country are a total of 645,486. Of these, 7,044 have been administered in the last 24 hours. 15,412 are the deceased with 217 registered during the past 24 hours.