Within days, several more districts are expected to cross the line of 250 infected per 100,000 population. These are Sofia, Silistra and Shumen. At the same time, the outsourced immunization points in different places in the country continue to operate.
This weekend, too, there were queues in front of the vaccinations in the shopping centers in Sofia. Doctors are also reporting increased interest.
“There is the greatest interest in Pfizer. Since mid-August, we have seen a lot of interest, more than 120 people a day,” Dr. Inshirah Alsharafi, an obstetrician-gynecologist, told Bulgaria ON AIR.
Yordanka Todorova contracted Kovid-19 in March. A few months later, he was in front of the vaccine immunization office.
“I just waited for a period to pass and that’s why I’m here today. Do you have any concerns about vaccines? No, definitely not,” said Yordanka Todorova.
“This is my second needle. I just summarized opinions, otherwise I’m not afraid,” said Velichka Hadjinikolova.
And although there was no shortage of people willing to be immunized, Bulgaria remains one of the last places in Europe to be vaccinated. The executive director of the oncology hospital sees several reasons for this.
“The first reason is due to the general distrust of the people in Bulgaria in power. The feeling of injustice and the logical rebellion of the man against what the government tells him to declare. The next thing is in the direct actions of politicians. Some of these parties actively rode the topic for the missing pandemic, for the bad vaccines.
The third point why the vaccination is small is related to mistakes – we bet on the cheapest vaccine, and it came at the latest. It was a mistake, and that in the beginning, when everyone wanted to be vaccinated, there was no clear, streamlined organization. There were problems with the information system – who should be vaccinated as a priority, “said Prof. Stefan Konstantinov.
There are also mobile vaccination points in the cultural center in the capital’s Druzhba district, as well as in several other cities in the country.
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