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Bulgaria's Ministry of Health and religious communities launch campaign to promote vaccines

Health Minister Asena Serbezova
Photo: Ani Petrova, BNR

Bulgaria's Ministry of Health and the National Council of Religious Communities in Bulgaria will jointly convince people of the benefits of coronavirus vaccination and compliance with anti-epidemic measures. This was agreed by the Minister of Health Prof. Asena Serbezova with representatives of the Council, the Episcopal Conferences of the Catholic Church, the United Evangelical Churches and the Chief Mufti's Office. All those present expressed their readiness to disseminate reliable and accessible information through the information channels and social networks they use. 

According to the Minister of Health, the spiritual and secular authorities should go hand in hand in the name of the common good, which is why she called on religious leaders to call on their followers to have faith in science.



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