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45% of teachers in Bulgaria do not plan to get vaccinated against Covid-19

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27% of teachers in Bulgaria want to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and 27% are still undecided. However, 45% of them are not planning to receive vaccines, indicates an online survey of the Bulgarian Union of Teachers and the Association of Directors in Secondary Education in Bulgaria conducted among more than 13,000 pedagogues between February 9 and 13.

More than 47% of the teachers who are unwilling to get vaccinated are worried about possible side effects of the vaccines. 44% of the respondents say they have not received reliable information about the effect of the vaccines, BNR’s reporter Andrey Borisov informs.




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