The new Omicron sub-variant of the coronavirus is not more severe, does not cause more mortality, but is genetically different from the other sub-variants and "avoids vaccines" . This was explained by virologist Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev in an..
1 , 720 is the number of newly registered Covid-19 cases out of 15,874 tests performed in Bulgaria in the past day, a positivity rate of 10.8%. Almost 70% of the new infections are among the unvaccinated, Single Coronavirus Information Portal..
The Omicron wave is now peaking in Eastern Europe. The same thing happened in Western Europe some 2 to 3 weeks ago, Bulgaria’s Chief State Health Inspector Associate Professor Angel Kunchev said for the BNT. In his view, the number of new..
“It is safe to say that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is dominant in the country, with 40% of the samples being of the Omicron variant,” Prof. Iva Hristova, director of the Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases said in an..
Experts warn that parallel with the covid-19 pandemic, a flu wave is to be expected. “Many of the symptoms of flu and of Covid-19 are the same but with the flu the onset of the disease is very sudden, whereas with Covid-19 the symptoms become..
So far, there have been no proven flu viruses in our lab, which is unusual. Previously, the flu epidemic usually started at this time of year, Prof. Nelly Korsun commented to bTV. As head of the National Reference Laboratory for Influenza and Acute..
Within a month, the government should update and implement the National Plan for Influenza Pandemic Preparedness, the parliament voted. The decision was taken by 170 votes to 0, with 1 abstention. The proposal was made by the opposition BSP. The..
Interest in influenza vaccines has increased this year , Nikolay Kostov, chairman of the Association of Pharmacy Owners, told the BNR. There are about 70,000 vaccines in pharmaceutical storage facilities, most of which are for medical professionals..
The prices of cold and flu medicines sold at pharmacies without prescription have gone up by up to 60% over the period of coronavirus, writes 24 Chasa newspaper on the basis of an analysis of the figures from the medications register. But the..
In Sliven region in Southern Bulgaria the school closures over flu are being called off as of today. At the same time there are other regions of the country - Pleven, Veliko Turnovo, Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil, Razgrad and Sofia city – where..
