12 workers from the railway car repair plant in the town of Septemvri near Pazardzhik have tested positive for Covid-19. The people are from 8 villages in the municipality. Persons who were in contact with them are under quarantine...
Protective masks are mandatory indoors! Wearing a disposable or reusable protective mask or other means covering the nose and mouth, including, scarfs, face shields, etc., is once again mandatory in all indoor public places. An exception is..
I do not think that the virus was at the door and just went away, but rather there was a false impression in our society that this virus could disappear - viruses never do this, virologist Prof. Mira Kozhuharova has told the BNR. According to her,..
We observe a normal development of the coronavirus, we can not talk about a second wave. It was naive to think that we would prevent the virus from spreading more widely. The epidemic will stop when everyone gets in contact with the coronavirus, Andrey..
Easing of measures against Covid-19 is obviously related to rise in the number of new infections. This is the natural course of the epidemic as it continues. It will not be possible for everything to calm down in a few months and for us to say that we..
“The Covid-19 curve cannot be expected to sharpen in summer,” said Prof. Dr. Todor Kantardzhiev , director of the National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. However he stressed that the danger remains and called for distancing,..
With a decision of the Council of Ministers from today, the emergency epidemic situation in the country is extended until June 30, 2020. According to the previous decision, it should have ended on June 14. The Council of Ministers notes that the..
The Bulgarian economy grew before the pandemic, but in 2020 it is facing its most serious contraction since the late 1990s. In the most favourable scenario with the epidemic subsiding by the summer, its production will shrink by 7.1% in 2020, and in..
The epidemic is retreating but is not over: Dr. Angel Kunchev “It is too early to talk about taking stock, but the fact that people are apt to think it is all over is alarming,” Dr. Angel Kunchev, Chief Health Inspector commented for the..
“It is too early to talk about taking stock, but the fact that people are apt to think it is all over is alarming,” Dr. Angel Kunchev, Chief Health Inspector commented for the Bulgarian National Radio. In his words “if we let things slide..
