Bulgarian Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov said that the country's authorities made a number of serious mistakes when organizing the vaccination campaign of the population against COVID-19, which led to the death of about 10 thousand people.

His words are transmitted by the local portal Trud.

According to him, Sofia made a mistake with the purchase of the vaccine, preferring the drug from the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca to the detriment of others, which were later approved by the European regulator.

Poor logistics became another problem.

In addition, the Bulgarian authorities in the vaccination campaign did not give priority to the most vulnerable categories of citizens - people over 60 years old and people with chronic diseases.

“Bulgaria has sacrificed the older generation.

For five months, we vaccinated mainly young and active people ... The process of protecting the most vulnerable groups was completely stopped, ”said Katsarov, quoted by the RBC TV channel.

USA

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo said that by early September, civil servants will be required to either get vaccinated against coronavirus or regularly take tests.

“New York will require all state employees to either be vaccinated or regularly tested.

We are working with unions to implement this program quickly and fairly.

It will start on Labor Day, ”he wrote on Twitter.

Labor Day in the United States is celebrated on September 6th.

In addition, New York City mayor's office announced that starting Friday, July 30, city residents will receive a $ 100 reward for their coronavirus vaccine.

Previously, the state of California announced mandatory vaccinations or regular tests for civil servants.

“75% of California residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine, but this is not enough.

Starting in August, civil servants and medical workers must provide documents on vaccination or undergo regular tests, ”the message said.

At the same time, the American company Netflix became the first studio in Hollywood to introduce mandatory vaccinations for actors and staff interacting with them.

According to the Deadline portal, citing sources, the decision was made against the backdrop of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and the wide spread of the delta strain in the country.

  • Masked shoppers at the Los Angeles Apple store

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News portal Bloomberg reports that Apple has reinstated the requirement to wear masks for customers and employees in most of its stores, even if they are vaccinated.

At the same time, Google and Facebook have ordered their employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus if they want to work in the offices of companies.

Twitter has closed its two offices - in San Francisco and New York - two weeks after the cancellation of telecommuting.

As indicated by CNBC, the decision was made based on the updated recommendations of the US federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

We are talking about the restoration of mask mode indoors in those states where an increase in the number of new cases of coronavirus is recorded.

Greece

On Wednesday, July 28, rallies were held in the Greek cities of Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras against the mandatory vaccination against COVID-19.

According to TASS, about 200 people took part in the demonstration in the Greek capital, while the police did not use special equipment and harsh measures against the demonstrators.

However, on July 24, when mass rallies against the mandatory vaccination were also held in Athens, the police used a water cannon, tear gas and flashbangs to disperse about 2 thousand demonstrators.

  • Vaccination protest in Athens

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On July 14, the Greek authorities introduced mandatory vaccinations for all employees of public and private structures of social welfare and health care.

At the same time, those who do not get vaccinated on time (receiving the first component of the vaccine before August 16, the second before September 1) may be suspended from work without payment of wages for this period.

Myanmar

UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews, in an interview with The Guardian, expressed the opinion that the country could become a super-proliferator of COVID-19.

According to him, the exact data on coronavirus cases and deaths are unknown due to pressure on media workers and doctors.

“We know this is a violent outbreak.

This is a very dramatic, frighteningly rapid growth (of the infected. - 

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Myanmar is becoming a super-proliferator of highly contagious strains of the coronavirus - "delta" and others, extremely dangerous and deadly.

It is very, very dangerous for many reasons, ”said Andrews.

He also called on the authorities of other countries, including neighboring ones, to take prompt measures in order to avoid the consequences of the spread of COVID-19 outside Myanmar.

Statistics

According to Johns Hopkins University, the total number of detected cases of COVID-19 has almost reached 196 million.The leaders of the anti-rating for this indicator are the United States (34.67 million), India (31.5 million), Brazil (19.8 million).

In total, more than 4.18 million deaths have been recorded in the world from complications that developed against the background of COVID-19, and concomitant diseases. The United States (611.8 thousand deaths), Brazil (553 thousand) and India (422.7 thousand) suffered most from the spread of coronavirus.