Due to the increasing number of cases of COVID-19, health authorities with directions to hospitals, schools and social institutions. The aim is to limit the spread of infection through measures such as entrance filter, disinfection and distance.
COVID-19: 550 new cases, 8 deaths
At this stage, experts do not recommend tightening controls. However, in the areas with more patients, for example Sofia-city, the well-known recommendations are gradually returning – to ventilate often, to disinfect and to wear a mask where there are many people indoors.
For schools and kindergartens, the recommendation is to take the children’s temperature in the morning and examine the throat, and not to admit the child if he has symptoms of a respiratory disease.
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New quantities of rapid antigen tests are planned for medical facilities to screen patients before admission or examination. Regarding visitors, the recommendation is to limit their number and length of stay.
“We already have more than 300, and in recent days, 450 new cases. At the beginning of September, they were 30-40 each. This should not scare us. The good thing is that there is now a vaccine that is adapted to the new variants. Those who say “I’m not vaccinated, can I?”. It can. One dose is enough because you have already been in contact with the virus in the last three years,” explained virologist Prof. Todor Kantarjiev.
“Elderly people, people with immune deficiency, where they are in contact indoors, to wear a mask. I suggest that all events that can be held outdoors should be outdoors,” added the expert.
2023-10-10 16:32:00
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