Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Summary, April 8



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There is a total of
593 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria, counting 24 deaths, one
of them on Wednesday, the national operational headquarters said on
April 8.

The total number of confirmed cases was 12 higher than the figure announced in the morning briefing. Of the new cases, seven are in Sofia, three in Kyustendil and two in Smolyan.

A total of 133 patients.
with confirmed Covid-19 are in hospital, of whom 27 are in intensive care
watch out.

Death on April 8.
it was from a 65-year-old man at Shoumen Regional Hospital, who had been
He was admitted with pneumonia on March 26. A PCR test confirmed Covid-19,
and other tests confirmed that he had lung cancer. About the past
two days, two consecutive PCR tests were negative for coronavirus,
but the patient’s condition deteriorated and he died.

the
The announcement of the figures was one of the events in Bulgaria in
April 8 related to the Covid-19 situation.

the
Ministry of Labor and Social Policy said that a total of 643
employers’ applications had been submitted to Employment
State support agency under the 60:40 scheme
,
a number almost double that of last Friday.

the
The 60:40 scheme foresees that the state collects 60 percent of the payroll
costs and the employer the other 40 percent.

the
ministry said companies that had applied for wanted income
Support to 7231 employees. They are mainly small and micro
companies in the restaurant, bar, fast food outlets and furniture
manufacturing sectors.

Separately,
the ministry said unpaid employees leave because of the
suspension or contraction of their businesses as a result of
The state of emergency can be hired in a second contract by an employer
whose business normally continues
.

job
in a second employment contract does not require the permission of
the employer with whom the employee has a basic employment contract,
unless there is an explicit prohibition on it.

There’s also
no time limit that employees can work under the
second employment contract with unpaid leave. The only
The requirement is that the second employer arrange the work so that
Daily and weekly breaks are respected.

the
Employment Agency said that people who are unemployed or socially
the disadvantaged can earn additional income by working in the short term
in labor agriculture. Employees in the so-called “one day”
Labor contracts do not lose the right to social benefits.

Following
in Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s morning announcement that
There would be “mass tests” of people in Bansko to
establish the presence of antibodies, it was known that around 1000
people in the tourist mountain town – previously less than two weeks
quarantine – will undergo rapid testing
.

Those
to be tested include people who worked in the ski resort tourism
business this past winter, hotel and restaurant staff, doctors
personnel, social workers, municipal employees, police and, in the
recommendation of GPs, people who had been in contact with them
infected.

the
The most recent official figure for Bansko’s population was in the
2011 census, around 8500.

Discussions
continue with plans to go ahead with a military parade in Sofia
to commemorate Armed Forces Day on May 6
. the
The national state of emergency will currently continue until May 13.

Options
the parade is being considered without the public present,
and reducing the parade to a march of bodies and regiments
banners

Wizz
Air will suspend its flights between Sofia and Lisbon from April 9
to 13
.

the
the decision to suspend the route was due to the measures taken by the
Portuguese authorities will limit the spread of Covid-19, the airline
He said.

Sofia
the municipality is beginning to involve volunteers in disinfection
activities, said the municipality on its website
.

From
April 9, 25 volunteers will disinfect public transportation
it stops

Municipal
transport companies continue to disinfect vehicles, subways and
seasons After the weather improved earlier this week,
The municipality resumed washing and disinfecting the streets.
boulevards, litter bins and public places.

by
the Bulgarian Jewish community, the afternoon of April 8 brought
The celebration of Easter, commemorating the exodus from Egypt
.

Community members celebrate at home, rather than gathering in large family groups or inviting friends, as a step against the spread of the coronavirus.

Is
the Easter days of the year, which end on the afternoon of April 16, see
Sofia Central Synagogue closed as a step taken weeks ago against
The spread of the coronavirus.

in a
message, president of the Central Israelite Religious Council, Sofia Cohen
and Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria President Alexander Oscar
said this year’s Easter Seder would be different: “We won’t
sit with our grandparents, we will not sit with our relatives and
friends because we want to protect them and have the opportunity to
celebrate many more holidays together in the future.

“But
tonight we will all remember that we are one person and in every
Jewish house in Bulgaria and in the world right now, the
Haggadah is read, and we will remember that even if we are sitting
home alone, at the same time that other Jewish families are alone in
at home and also celebrating Easter – one way or another, we are still
together.”

“The
situation we are in now inevitably leads to gloomy thoughts and
despair, but we wish you to draw on the story of the Exodus, the
Easter story, and find in it the wisdom, the hope and the belief that
this dark time will soon be behind us and we will be with our loved ones
ones and friends again. “

Weeks ago, the community leadership made special arrangements so that community members could receive matzos, traditional for the Seder table, delivered free of charge to the homes of community members, so that no one has to come to the Synagogue. .

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