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Bulgaria, EU's least vaccinated nation, faces deadly surge
The chief vaccination nurse at a hospital in northern Bulgaria voices a sad reality about her fellow citizens
By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press
8 September 2021, 04:24
VELIKO TARNOVO, Bulgaria -- Standing outside the rundown public hospital in Bulgaria's northern town of Veliko Tarnovo, the vaccination unit's chief nurse voices a sad reality about her fellow citizens: “They don’t believe in vaccines.”
Bulgaria has one of the highest coronavirus death rates in the 27-nation European Union and is facing a new, rapid surge of infections due to the more infectious delta variant. Despite that, people in this Balkan nation are the most hesitant in the bloc to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Only 20% of adults in Bulgaria, which has a population of 7 million, have so far been fully vaccinated. That puts it last in the EU, which has an average of 69 % fully vaccinated...
Bulgaria, EU's least vaccinated nation, faces deadly surge
The chief vaccination nurse at a hospital in northern Bulgaria voices a sad reality about her fellow citizens
By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press
8 September 2021, 04:24
VELIKO TARNOVO, Bulgaria -- Standing outside the rundown public hospital in Bulgaria's northern town of Veliko Tarnovo, the vaccination unit's chief nurse voices a sad reality about her fellow citizens: “They don’t believe in vaccines.”
Bulgaria has one of the highest coronavirus death rates in the 27-nation European Union and is facing a new, rapid surge of infections due to the more infectious delta variant. Despite that, people in this Balkan nation are the most hesitant in the bloc to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Only 20% of adults in Bulgaria, which has a population of 7 million, have so far been fully vaccinated. That puts it last in the EU, which has an average of 69 % fully vaccinated...