Booster dose

Vaccinated people in Bulgaria have crossed the threshold of 2 million people. With the vaccines given during the past 24 hours, the number of persons with a completed vaccination cycle is 2,003,025, and those with a booster dose - 620,413. 8657 doses of vaccines were administered in the last 24 hours.

Again, a high number of newly infected - every fourth test is positive. As of today, the changed validity of the green certificate when traveling in the European Union comes into force. It will be valid for 9 months after the last dose but remains indefinite for those who have a booster dose.

COVID-19 in Bulgaria: More than 10,000 New Cases in the Last 24 hours

From today, all issued European green certificates for completed vaccination course will be valid for 270 days from the date of the last dose. The change is necessary due to the decision EU 2021/2301 of the European Commission of December 21 last year, which specifies the validity of the certificates and introduces uniform rules for the countries of the European Union (EU).

"I do not believe that Omicron will end the pandemic. New variants of the virus are constantly appearing. The mutation of the virus is a normal biological process. For every virus - not just this one. There will be many other mutations. The question is not whether the pandemic with Omicron will disappear, but what measures will be taken.

Meral Akşener, the leader of the opposition İYİ (Good) Party, has become yet another senior politician who has tested positive for COVID-19.

"The PCR test, which I had, came out positive. My husband and I will in quarantine for one week. We are feeling very well," Akşener wrote on Twitter.

The European digital covid certificates for vaccination of 93 thousand Bulgarians expire on February 1 and will not be valid when traveling in the EU, the Ministry of Health announced. Gradually, this number will expand with the first vaccinated in early 2021.

From Feb 1: Covid Certificates of over 93,000 Bulgarian Citizens will not be Valid in the EU

Turkey has started to give the locally developed inactivated vaccine, Turkovac, as a booster shot to those who have already received two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA jab.

The European digital COVID certificates for vaccination of 93 thousand citizens, whose vaccination course was completed more than 270 days ago on February 1, will not be valid for travel to the EU, the Ministry of Health announced.

European Green Certificates for Completed Vaccination Course will be Valid for 270 days

2847 are newly infected with COVID-19 in the country. They were found after a total of 13,268 tests, which means that the positive samples are just over 21%. This is shown by the data from the Unified Information Portal for January 24.

From 1 February 2022, all European green certificates for completed vaccination course will be valid for 270 days from the date of the last dose. The change is due to the decision (EU) 2021/2301 of the European Commission of 21 December 2021, which specifies the validity of certificates and introduces uniform rules for EU countries.