Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Minister of Health Serbezova: Vaccination will remain voluntary

Professor Asena Serbezova
Photo: Ani Petrova, BNR

A council consisting of infectious disease specialists, epidemiologists and virologists will monitor the Covid-19 situation, Bulgaria’s newly-appointed Minister of Health Professor Asena Serbezova said for the BNR.

Vaccination should be voluntary. There must be an awareness-raising campaign and it must be conducted in a new way. Many people decided to stay away from vaccines, due to the lack of a communication campaign and the fact that vaccines appeared quickly and were subject to political talking, Minister Serbezova said.

 "Vaccines are not 100% effective and no one has claimed that. Some of them are 94-95% effective. Others are 60% to 70% effective. However, 80% of the Covid-19 hospitalizations are among the unvaccinated, Minister Serbezova explained.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

President Rumen Radev gives awards to three Air Force officers

Three Air Force officers were presented with the Presidential Badge of Honor, BTA reports. The head of state presented the award to Major General of the Reserve Ivan Parapunov, Lieutenant Colonel Stefan Stefanov and Major Dimitar..

published on 10/15/25 4:40 PM

The largest trade union in Bulgaria calls against early elections

Early elections will not help anyone. If elections were held now, the caretaker government would have no power to draft the most difficult budget in the past 30 years. This was what the president of the Confederation of Independent..

published on 10/15/25 1:08 PM

Bulgaria's toll system begins fining overloaded trucks

Starting October 15, Bulgaria's toll system has begun weighing heavy vehicles over 3.5 tons while they are in motion. The weighing process is fully automated. "Currently, 10 out of nearly 100 planned devices have been certified. The sensors..

published on 10/15/25 10:27 AM