Only 5% of the hospitalized patients have severe Covid-19. H ospital bed occupancy is 4 %, but the health system is not overloaded, outgoing Minister of Health Asena Serbezova said in Parliament. Minister Serbezova was heard at the request of the..
The Council of Ministers has updated the National Operational Plan for tackling the Covid-19 pandemic. The updated plan aims to reduce coronavirus morbidity and mortality, reduce the pressure on the country’s healthcare system and put in place..
"High mortality in Bulgaria is a big problem. Our country tops the EU ranking in terms of this indicator , and at times it tops the global mortality ranking. However, we have not made an in-depth analysis to solve this problem" , Dr...
The number of Covid-19 cases in Bulgaria has been decreasing since November 4. The fourth wave of Covid-19 has been subsiding. Coronavirus mortality has also dropped, but still remains high due to the poor health condition of Bulgarians and the..
At an extraordinary sitting the government allocated 96 million Leva to the health system, 50 million of which will go to pay the per capita sum of 1,000 Leva to frontline health workers, and the remaining 46 million – to purchase Remdesivir..
Bulgaria’s National Assembly unanimously adopted at first reading amendments to the budget of the National Health Insurance Fund . The hospitals are to receive an extra EUR 38 million from this year’s budget of the National Health Insurance Fund to..
“The situation is being monitored closely, but a return to restrictions is not to be ruled out so as not to overload the health system,” said Prof. Iva Hristova, deputy director of the National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases for the..
In the context of addressing the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic effectively, the European Commission recommends that Bulgaria “ ensure adequate social protection and essential services for all and strengthen active labour market policies,..
On the International Nurses Day the Association of Bulgarian Nurses has submitted a petition of 12,000 signatures to the Bulgarian Council of Ministers, the Bulgarian National Assembly and the Bulgarian Ministry of Health demanding better working..
If the measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 are loosened too quickly, the health system is in danger of collapse within two weeks, Premier Borissov warned at a meeting with the Chairperson of the Bulgarian Supreme Bar Council Ralitsa Negentsova..
