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Bulgaria speeds up vaccination rate by almost 14%

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Bulgaria has speeded up the rate of vaccination against Covid-19 by 13.7% in the space of 10 days, the Bulgarian Hospital Association has announced, citing data from the Single Coronavirus Information Portal and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

Data show that, as of 5 August, the share of fully vaccinated people in Bulgaria has gone up to 17.3% compared to 16.7% on 25 July. Over the same period of time, the share of vaccinated people in Poland and Liechtenstein has remained unchanged -  54.7% and 53.6% respectively.

But Bulgaria remains in last position in Europe in the number of vaccinated people, behind Romania with 32% and Norway with 39.2%, the Association adds. 



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