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“I am categorically against the complete shutdown or anything related to restricting people,” said Borissov, who joined his Facebook account online. In the video, he announced another important news that the issue will be considered: the value added tax that will be reduced to 9% and the supply of food for the home.
“Let’s stop talking about whether or not there is. People are dying, hospitals are congested. Let’s be careful. There are proven things, a mask, distance, disinfection, less celebration, less crowding. It is easier to pass. “Look at the world, the vaccine will arrive in April at the earliest and it will give results”, Borissov was categorical and stated that there is no way that this difficult situation will disappear in 2 or 3 weeks.
“The collapse of European economies and European finances is visible, the US GDP is down 15%. Bulgaria is still doing well,” he said, recalling that the government’s “soft measures” have helped the economy work. , and at the same time the state has provided financial support to businesses and individuals as a 60/40 measure.
“I have instructed my deputies tomorrow to consider the possibility of reducing the VAT in restaurants that deliver food to their homes so that it is also 9%, as is the case in the restaurants themselves,” Borissov said.
The Prime Minister stressed that the EC has worked hard, and the union summit is very timely, but in his statement to his colleagues Borissov pointed out that some of the decisions made today could have been taken in July-August this year.
“Apart from the issue of vaccines, for which we have bitter experience, and some of them are so innovative that they require a huge infrastructure of dry ice, freezers, refrigerated trucks, airplanes and special storage, so I asked the EC to do not impose such large payments on the member states, because so far 3.5 million euros have been paid just for participation, and Bulgaria has to pay 300 million euros for the purchase of vaccines, “Borissov explained.
Earlier today, the prime minister participated in a video conference
of the members of the European Council on COVID-19.
“We all knew what would happen to COVID-19, so I insisted on a single medical protocol, a single rapid test, solidarity and fair access to vaccines in the EU. In July, August, September, this could be done and we could. act against this insidious virus. “Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said before the videoconference of European Council members on COVID-19, the government press office said.
The Bulgarian Prime Minister noted that the issue of purchasing vaccines is a cause for concern as orders are placed before they are developed.
“We don’t have a specification, we don’t have guarantees, and at some point it may turn out that we have 300 million vaccines, and we have, for example, 300,000 people who want them, and then we have to destroy them, discard them, not resell them,” he said. Prime Minister Borissov. He added that vaccines require special storage conditions, which imposes additional costs.
“After a while, I will inform my colleagues in the European Council of my concerns and insist on full transparency regarding the supply of vaccines,” Borissov added.
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