The number of Bulgarian children not immunized against measles doubled in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2020, more than 6,500 babies were not immunized, compared to 3,000 in 2019. Nearly 10,000 twelve year-old children did not receive a second mandatory vaccine shot against the virus.
In 2019, 95% of infants and nearly 93% of all twelve-year-old children received the first and second dose of the combined vaccine against measles, rubella and mumps, indicates data of the National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, following a request from the Bulgarian National Radio.
Out of all politicians in this country, President Rumen Radev enjoys the highest approval rating – 46.7% , followed by Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov (18.9%), GERB party leader Boyko Borissov (15.9%), National Assembly Speaker Nataliya Kiselova..
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GERB leader Boyko Borissov told reporters that he supports the position of US President Donald Trump for peace in Ukraine, but that he insists on Bulgaria remaining loyal to its European partners. The policy of the new US administration may pose..
The patriots from Vazrazhdane parliamentary party and civil organizations against Bulgaria's accession to the Eurozone have announced a protest for today...
In Plovdiv, experts discuss issues of the food industry, in accordance with the most up-to-date requirements of the Bulgarian and European regulatory..
More than 550,000 people received support last year under the European programme Food and Basic Material Assistance – packages of staple foods and nine..
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