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Professor of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Andrey Chorbanov was admitted to hospital with COVID-19, reported "24 Hours".
Mathematician Petar Velkov posted the news on his personal Facebook account.
The head of the experimental immunology laboratory has been in hospital since Friday, his condition medium to severe. His lung scan showed serious results – bilateral pneumonia.
According to Petar Velkov Prof. Chorbanov health condition deteriorated after about a week with high fever and Covid infection was confirmed by a scanner.
The mathematician also reminds that in various media appearances, Chorbanov has said that he has already had the virus and will not be vaccinated because those who have had the disease have a lasting immunity against the virus and that natural immunity is much stronger than the vaccine.
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