Number of samples positive for Covid-19 in Bulgaria declines

During the past 24 hours, 443 samples were tested for Covid-19, out of which 6 were positive. This was announced today by the National Operational Headquarters. The total number of cases of Covid-19 infection in this country has reached 2433, and 862 people have recovered. The confirmed cases / 6 in total /, during the past 24 hours are 1 in Blagoevgrad, 1 in Pazardzhik, 1 in Plovdiv and 3 in Sofia. There are 235 patients in hospital, and 20 of them are accommodated in intensive care units or clinics. One of the cases established during the last 24 hours is of a doctor in a Sofia medical institution.

No coronavirus patient passed away in past 24 hours in Bulgaria

For the first time since we started monitoring the Covid-19 epidemiological situation on a weekly basis, the number of recovered patients exceeds that of new cases, said Assoc. Prof. Dimo ​​Dimov at the presentation of the weekly statistics for Bulgaria. According to the data, most affected are people in the age group 50 to 59 (21%), followed by those aged 60-69 (19%) and those aged between 40 and 49. (17%). Assoc. Prof. Dimov has warned that the optimistic data for the country are not yet a sustainable trend. However, with the continuation of the measures that have proven their effectiveness, the trend could become permanent, Assoc. Prof. Dimov added.

Quarantine for international transport lifted

Today, the quarantine for international transport and bus operators is lifted. This way carriers who pass through the territory of Bulgaria will not have to stay in temporary isolation. Until now, due to the Covid-19 epidemic, international drivers returning to Bulgaria had to remain in quarantine for 14 days before departing again. Lifting this measure was announced by Minister of Transport Rosen Zhelyazkov, after a discussion with representatives of the industry was held a week ago.

More recovered Covid-19 patients in Bulgaria become donors

The Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgi Popov, has told the BNT that treatment with blood plasma is applied before the severe phase of the disease has occurred. According to him, most recovered Covid-19 patients want to become donors of plasma. The presence of antibodies is monitored on certain days of treatment and recovery, as changes are observed among some of the recovered patients. The virus does a lot of damage and we should not be calm, the specialist said, adding that at this stage Bulgaria was still far away from group immunity.

Coronaviruses are very common, Bulgarian chemist says

Many seasonal diseases in winter are caused by coronaviruses, Lyubomir Nechev, a chemist and vice president of a biotechnological pharmaceutical company in Massachusetts, USA, has told the BNR. Nechev's company has been developing a way to prevent the virus from multiplying in the body in case of infection. According to him, autumn was a good season for testing newly developed drugs that protect against coronavirus, especially among risk groups, including medical staff, in case a second wave of the disease occured. Although the virus suffers from certain mutations, if they were small they would not change the activity of the drug against it, Nechev said.

Compiled by: D. Grigorova

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