Bhutan

Sustainability is costly, but you need a balance in order to protect your natural beauty, culture and people, the prime minister of Bhutan, Tshering Tobgay, said in an interview with Kathimerini, explaining how his country has opted for setting a limit on the number of visitors it can accommodate, while encouraging investments with the aim of attracting high-end tourists.

"Sustainability is always profitable in the long term," Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay of Bhutan told the Reimagine Tourism in Greece conference in Athens on Wednesday.

Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and costly disasters, scientists warned yesterday.

Some 5.8 million foreign tourists have visited Istanbul in the first nine months of the year, while in September alone the number of visitors leaped more than 100 percent on an annual basis. 

During the weekend, there will be re-vaccination points against COVID-19, the Ministry of Health announced.

Where and when

Gabrovo:

On 02.10 (Saturday) in the lobby of the Ritual Hall in the Municipality of Gabrovo (Vazrazhdane Square №3) will be located an outpatient immunization station, with working hours from 9.00 am to 12.00 pm

In 2022, adapted vaccines according to current variants of the coronavirus are expected to be approved. Currently, the third dose uses vaccines that we have, but a combination is allowed - in the first and second dose of vector vaccine to be given an mRNA vaccine.

There will be mobile vaccination points in a number of cities, the health ministry said.

Gabrovo:

There are nearly 5.5 million doses of vaccines delivered in Bulgaria out of the four approved for use.

This was stated to BNT by Bogdan Kirilov, director of the Executive Agency for Medicines.

He noted that supplies and quantities received were more for mRNA vaccines.

During the weekends in Sofia, Gabrovo, Pleven and two villages in the region of Vratsa, temporary vaccination points will be open, the Ministry of Health announced. The information does not specify whether the places have the preparations of all vaccine manufacturers, but this should be the case, given the supplies in Bulgaria and the generally low interest in vaccination.

Bulgaria will donate 172,500 Vaccines to Kingdom of Bhutan.

On July 22, 172,500 vaccines with the manufacturer AstraZeneca will be transported from Bul Bio - NCIPD to Sofia Airport, the Ministry of Health announced.