“For Germany, the Robert Koch Institute said that a second Pfizer vaccine would eventually be given, but this has not yet been officially released. We also do not have an official decision for Bulgaria. The first second doses should be made after April 15. That is, we have a little more time “, he commented on the air of NOVA the director of UMBALSM “Pirogov” Prof. Asen Baltov.
“What the EMA is talking about are extremely rare cases where there is a link between thrombosis and vaccinations with AstraZeneca. I can say that there are less than 100 cases per 25 million doses. This is an extremely low level, “Blatov said.
“There are no cases of second doses of AstraZeneca that have had such complaints. It is said that if there are such deviations, they can be only in the first 14 days after the first dose “, said the director of UMBALSM” Pirogov “.
At the moment, there is no solution that would allow those vaccinated with AstraZeneca to receive a second dose of RNA vaccine, Baltov stressed.
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Jansen will not be available until April 15. After the cases of AstraZeneca, Jansen began to examine their test groups to see what would come out, because some people believe that the culprit for these extremely rare thrombosis is the vector – the adenovirus, which is used as a carrier of DNA. vaccines, ”Baltov said
“If we go into conspiracy theories, the AstraZeneca vaccine has an extremely low cost compared to others. In Europe, it must be sold at an extremely low price. “If I am a manufacturer of this vaccine, I will have no desire to sell it in Europe, since I can sell it 7-8 times more expensive outside the EU,” Baltov explained.
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He pointed out that if serious side effects occur after vaccination, the vaccinated person should seek his / her personal physician to help him / her fill in the RHI documents. The director of Pirogov stressed that so far no serious side effects have been reported in Bulgaria among the 230,000 vaccinated with AstraZeneca. However, the way of reporting requires filling in a large volume of documents and the patient to take the initiative.
“If you have one of these things – overweight, taking hormonal drugs, etc., we immediately light the light that you are not suitable to be vaccinated with” AstraZeneca “and you will not be offered such a vaccine,” explained Baltov. on how to pay more attention to women under 60
“We currently have a lot of doses of AstraZeneca that we can’t actively involve in the process because people are worried. “There is an outflow in the green corridors in Pirogov,” Baltov said.
The specialist added that Bulgaria expects a very large supply of vaccines and mass immunization depends mostly on people and GPs.
“The measures are gradually loosening, because if we continue with this pressure on people, most of them do not comply with the measures at all and do not want to comply with them.”
“In the next 10 days, the pressure on medical institutions will drop. I hope that in the next 15 days the mortality will fall as well. I think many students have contracted the virus without symptoms. We also have a growing number of vaccinated. This will significantly reduce the infection, “said Prof. Baltov.
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