Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Friday suspended the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, following similar steps in Denmark, Iceland and Norway over safety concerns.
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There is a very steep rise in the Covid-19 mortality curve in Bulgaria, with the largest increase since September, national operational headquarters chief Major-General Ventsislav Mutafchiyski told a news conference on March 11.
The increase is on average 53 per cent on a weekly basis, Mutafchiyski said at the Health Ministry’s regular weekly briefing on the Covid-19 situation in Bulgaria.
The increase in morbidity was 38 per cent on a weekly basis. “We are currently at the level of November 5,” he said.
The number of hospital cases was up by 12 per cent and on a weekly basis, the increase in occupancy of intensive care beds was 11.3 per cent, Mutafchiyski said.
In some regions of the country, the situation with
coronavirus is deteriorating and it raises serious concerns, Health Minister Kostadin Angelov acknowledged. However, he added that such a development was expected because of the spread of the novel strain of the virus - the British one. In the months since the outbreak of the pandemic
Bulgaria has achieved a lot. We certainly made mistakes. I accept every criticism, but I won t accept the mud-slinging. Whoever promises you a life without diseases lies to you. There are no experts in everything. We’re losing our desire to be together and stand up to the coronavirus. And it happens only in Bulgaria. I thank all doctors, nurses, paramedics and people who comply with the measures , said Health Minister Kostadin Angelov.
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