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Third wave could make elections unpredictable, says mathematician Lachezar Tomov

Lachezar Tomov, mathematician
Photo: Ani Petrova, BNR

A third wave of the pandemic could put us in an unpredictable scenario regarding the parliamentary elections, Bulgarian mathematician Lachezar Tomov, a lecturer in Informatics at the New Bulgarian University, said in an interview with BNR's Horizon program. The elections date has been set for April 4 by Bulgarian President Rumen Radev.

The current precautions will not be enough for the new strains of the coronavirus, which are freely spread in all age groups, says the mathematician. Each infected person infects more than 1 person. There is a lack of discipline, people do not trust the institutions, which affects the vaccinations, while in Serbia  people wait in line to get a shot, Lachezar Tomov added.
According to the mathematician, Covid-19 can disappear with systematic vaccination in the course of several years few years.



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