Новости за 31.01.2022

Centers for work with people at risk are about to close due to unaffordable electricity and gas bills.

For the first time, we will have free kindergartens and nurseries from April this year. This was stated at a press conference in the Council of Ministers by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov after today's government session.

Spotify said it is working to add advisory alerts to every podcast on its platform that discusses the coronavirus.

The British newspaper Guardian has published an exclusive article on its investigation into a thriving online industry specializing in the issuance of fake passports offered to people linked to Islamic State, allowing them to leave Syria and travel to Britain, the EU and the United States.

“We can talk about stopping the export of electricity from Bulgaria only if we agree not to be in the European community and not to have all the benefits we have from the European market.”

Co-infection between influenza strain A (H3N2) and SARS-CoV-2 proved by National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD)

The municipality of Hissarya is switching to electricity from tomorrow. The hospital, kindergartens, schools and community centers must stop electric heating and switch to heating with stoves.

“The cellular immunity of vaccinated and sick people is strong enough against Omicron. I expect a decrease in the cases in Sofia, Blagoevgrad, Pernik, Kyustendil and an increase in Northeastern Bulgaria within a week. In the Burgas region, the cases will be stationed and reduced. At the end of March we will have a sharp decline,” this was stated on Nova TV by Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev, advisor to the Sofia Municipality on health issues and former director of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. Читать дальше...

The United States is threatening Russia with sanctions on at least two tracks, for Britain, all options are on the table, and a key concern in NATO is Europe's energy security.

The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce today that his country is proposing to strengthen NATO's eastern flank, including sending Typhoon fighter jets to patrol the airspace of Bulgaria and Romania. They will operate from Cyprus, where there are two British airbases.

“We do not have a protocol on how to treat children and pregnant women with covid. Most people do not want to register, most parents do not want to examine their children. With Omicron the disease is milder than a mild flu - runny nose and sore throat for 2 days and ends. It is more difficult in Bulgaria because due to the low vaccination level other variants such as Delta and the oldest variant Alpha are circulating, I have a patient who lost his smell and taste last week, which is definitely not Omicron,” said Georgi Mindov... Читать дальше...

Sunny weather will prevail today. This was announced for FOCUS News Agency by the weather forecaster on duty from the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology Evgenia Egova.

Two thousand six hundred and two new infected with coronavirus were registered in the last 24 hours in Bulgaria with 15,061 tests performed (nearly 17 percent positive). 77.86 percent of the new cases registered for the day have not been vaccinated. 39 people, of whom 92.31 percent were not vaccinated, have died, according to the Unified Information Portal.