Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Day 441

published on 5/22/21 6:05 PM

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Caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev: New pandemic management strategy is needed

Changes in the manner and strategy of pandemic management are needed, as the results are not satisfactory. An exact balance will be sought between the adequacy of health measures, the continuation of the vaccination plan at the required pace and the support for Bulgarian businesses with an emphasis on small and medium enterprises. This was stated by the caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev in an interview with BNT.

According to him, "it takes time to put the state in order, after the state administration has been found in a state of chaos." The society will soon be informed about the new economic strategy prepared by the government, he said.

Number of hospitalized patients with Covid-19 goes below 4,000

Bulgaria has reported a total of 362 new daily cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, or 2.5% of the 14,466 tests performed, according to data from the Unified Information Portal at midnight.

For the first time since the end of February, there are less than 4,000 patients with Covid-19 who need hospital treatment. They are 3,849 patients, as in intensive care units there are 417 patients with coronavirus infection.

27 persons died in the past 24 hours, and 1,413 were cured.

Over 494,000 people have received two doses of the vaccines.

Yesterday, 36,000 doses of the vaccine against Covid-19 from the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca arrived in Bulgaria. More doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to arrive today.

Romania puts Bulgaria in list of "green zone" countries for Covid-19

Restrictions on travel from Bulgaria to Romania have been lifted, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said. According to the Bulgarian embassy in Bucharest, with a decision of the Romanian authorities, as of May 21, 2021, Bulgaria is included in the list of countries from the so-called "green zone".

Travellers from green-zone countries will have free entry into Romania as no quarantine, no negative result of a PCR test or other documents proving the absence of coronavirus infection will be required.

Sunbathing season opens in Kraimorie beach in Bulgaria's Burgas with observing all anti-epidemic measures

As of today, the season of the Burgas beach "Kraimorie" in the Chengene skele bay has opened, BNR Burgas reported. Two lifeguards and a medical specialist will take care of the safety of the beachgoers.

The prices for sunbeds and umbrellas there are the same as last year - BGN 5 /EUR 2.5/. The order of the Ministry of Health for a distance of at least 8 metres between the umbrellas has been observed, due to which they have been reduced by up to 20%.

Compiled by Miglena Ivanova

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