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Plovdiv: The Budget for Bulgarian hospitals will be boosted

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Budget allocations to Bulgarian hospitals will be boosted by a bottom BGN 350 million next year, according to a memorandum signed yesterday between ruling party GERB, the rightist Blue Coalition and the ministers of health-care and finance. The agreement...

Targovishte: Man from town of Opaka die from A H1N1 in Targovishte

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:13:00 GMT

Targovishte. A(H1N1) virus claimed its first victim in the town of Targovishte ( Northeast Bulgaria ), Dr. Rayna Zheynova with the Regional Inspectorate for Protection and Control of Public Health announced for Radio FOCUS - Shumen .The victim is 54-yea...

Kavarna: New case of A H1N1 dead in Petrich

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:27:00 GMT

One more patient infected with A (H1N1) flu has died in the hospital for active treatment Rockefeller in the town of Petrich . In doctors` words the 52-year-old man were in good health condition after one-week stay at the hospital but suddenly he felt unw...

Kavarna: New case of A H1N1 dead - Boy from Kavarna dies in Varna hospital

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:43:00 GMT

A 15-year-old boy from Kavarna , who was treated in the St. Marina Hospital in coastal Varna with diagnosis - A (H1N1) flu, has died at midnight, Director of Regional Health Center Dr. Veselin Balkanski told FOCUS - Varna radio. According to Dr. Balk...

Sofia: Sofia kindergartens and nurseries remain open despite of Flu epidemic

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:20:00 GMT

After a flu epidemic was declared, the Sofia kindergartens and nurseries will remain open and will tighten the control, Vanya Kastreva, head of Sofia Inspectorate for Education, announced. She confirmed that on Monday, November 9, all schools in the ...

Flu epidemic in Bulgaria is officially announced

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT

On Friday the Bulgarian Ministry of Healthcare declares a national flu epidemic as 200 in 10,000 people are sick with flu in the country, the ministry announced. As of Monday all schools in the country will be closed for five days. The ministry advises ca...

Sofia: New dead case of swine flu in Sofia

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:55:00 GMT

A 53-year-old man died of swine flu in Sofia . This brings the death toll in the country up to six. The number of infected people in the capital continues to increase and 50 schools have already been closed. An epidemic was declared in Sofia-district ,...

Sofia: Flu epidemic declared in Sofia and Blagoevgrad, 763 Bulgarian schools in vacation

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:34:00 GMT

Epidemic declared in Sofia and Blagoevgrad regions. A total of 763 schools around the country were sealed off for an emergency flu vacation, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science announced yesterday. Decision for the capital expected today. Ove...

Pleven: Distict of Pleven declared flu epidemic

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:03:00 GMT

The northern Bulgarian district of Pleven has declared a flu epidemic, Dr. Ivan Yordanov, director of the Regional Inspectorate for Public Health Protection and Control - Pleven , told FOCUS - Veliko Tarnovo Radio. He says 304 in every 10,000 people ...

Petrich: The 5-th dead case of A H1N1 virus is man from Petrich

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:42:00 GMT

5 people had been died by the new A (H1N1) virus in Bulgaria so far, and there were five more heavier cases that were under medical treatment. Nanev reported the fifth death toll from of the new virus – a 30-year-old man from Petrich who did not seek med...

Yambol: After Pleven and Turgovishte state of flu epidemic in Yambol, Stara Zagora, Bourgas, Lovech and Gabrovo

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 GMT

The local epidemiological authorities declared Monday a state of flu epidemic in Yambol , Stara Zagora , Bourgas , Lovech and Gabrovo . Bourgas municipality called off all mass cultural events. From today until November 7 school classes have been...

Kavarna: Kindergartens in Kavarna close doors over flu virus

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:30:00 GMT

Kindergartens in the coastal town of Kavarna close doors over the spreading flu virus at the order of Kavarna mayor Tsonko Tsonev. Municipal press officer Maria Sotirova commented that the municipality is waiting for a statement of the Regional Inspe...

Nikopol: Flu epidemic declared only in the municipality of Nikopol

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:40:00 GMT

There is no serious change in the spreading of the flu virus in Bulgaria, the Ministry of Healthcare announced. Up to the present moment, there is flu epidemic declared only in the municipality of Nikopol . There is high sick rate in the regions of Yam...

Tryavna: 37 kids hospitalized in Tryavna because a suspicion for infection with A(H1N1)

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:47:00 GMT

37 kids have been hospitalized over suspicion of being infected with the A(H1N1) virus in the town of Tryavna ( Gabrovo district ), Dr.Svetla Branekova, director of the Multi-profile Hospital for Active Treatment in Tryavna , announced for Radio FOCUS -...

Samokov: 2nd Bulgarian death case of swine flu registered in Samokov

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:12:00 GMT

A 30-year-old man from Samokov is the 2nd victim of influenza A virus (H1N1), known as swine flu. The first death case of swine flu in Bulgaria was registered in late September in Sofia - 30-year old drug addicted. In current case the infected man ha...

Sofia: Vaccines against A H1N1 in drugstores next winter

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:03:00 GMT

Sofia . Vaccines against A(H1N1) flu will be sold in drugstores next winter, said national health inspector Dr Tencho Tenev. In his words the drugstores have started to prepare and as of next year the new flu virus would be included in the seasonal vacci...

19 October - Day of the Bulgarian Doctor

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMT

October 19 is celebrated as the Day of the Bulgarian Doctor. The Bulgarian Medical Association was established in 1901. It is the second oldest medical association in Europe after the British Medical Association. Starting from the very beginning the Asso...

Shoumen: 1st case of A H1N1 flu in Shumen

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:45:00 GMT

First case of flu A (H1N1) has been registered in Shumen , Director of Regional Health Center Dr. Mima Papazova told FOCUS- Shumen radio. Dr. Papazova said that the diseased man is aged around 24 - 25 years who recently returned from the United States. ...

Sofia: 180 000 vaccines for A-H1N1 to be bought

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:33:00 GMT

Sofia . The Pandemic Committee for A/H1N1 has taken the decision anti flu vaccines for 180 000 people to be bought, which is 10% of the risk groups in Bulgaria, said health minister and chairman of the Pandemic Committee Dr Bozhidar Nanev during a news co...

Bulgaria at 25th position in Euro HIV Index

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:00:00 GMT

Bulgaria occupies the 25th position in the Euro HIV Index (EHIVI) 2009. The paper, presented in Brussels, advocates reviewing and radically improving disease management in HIV/AIDS in order to prove care and conditions for people living with HIV/AIDS but a...

Sofia: 119 A H1N1 flu cases confirmed in Bulgaria

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:58:00 GMT

Sofia . 3 847 case of sharp infectious diseases have been registered in Bulgaria in the time term as of October 5 to October 11, the Ministry of Health press office informed. 2 814 of them are cases of flu and sharp respiratory diseases. The National Re...

Healthcare contributions will be divvied up in a 50%-50% between employers and employees

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Healthcare contributions will be divvied up in a 50:50 ratio between employers and employees as of 2010, according to legislative amendments proposed by ruling party GERB and the Health Ministry that should replace the current 60:40 system. While worker...

Students in Sofia equipped with masks to prevent swine flu infection

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:52:00 GMT

Students in Sofia have equipped themselves with masks as part of the preventive measures against the swine flu. The children from 47th and 127th schools in Sofia , where their classmates have caught the dangerous disease, wash their hands and faces ev...

Sofia: Bulgaria not in danger of swine flue epidemic

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:41:00 GMT

Sofia : There is no room for alarm regarding a possible epidemic of the swine flue (A H1N1) virus in Bulgaria. The statement was made Sunday by Bulgaria’s Health Minister, Bozhidar Nanev, who spoke in an interview for the TV channel Nova Televizia. Bulgar...

Sofia: 1st Bulgarian death case of A H1N1 influenza virus in Sofia

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:32:00 GMT

Bulgarian Health Ministry announced the contry`s first death case of A/H1N1 influenza virus on Wednesday, September 30. The victim, a 30-year-old male, died in the Lozenetz University Hospital in Sofia . He was diagnosed with the first symptoms on Septe...