Gotse Delchev and Petrich Hospitals No Longer Have Free Beds for COVID-19 Patients – Hospitals

The Gotse Delchev and Petrich hospitals no longer have free beds for COVID-19 patients. There are 53 new infected with coronavirus during the last 24 hours in the Blagoevgrad district. So far, the city’s hospitals still have empty beds, although the number of residents has increased by 25%.

The director of the Gotse Delchev hospital asked for 12 more beds to be opened, because the 40 available in the hospital are currently occupied.

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To date, 17 artists from the Pirin ensemble have positive PCR tests, and the results are awaited from their other colleagues. 152 people infected with coronavirus are being treated in the district hospitals, and 1/3 of them are housed in institutions medical. There are no serious cases among them in Blagoevgrad.

“I don’t think the figure is that shocking. It is not scary from this point of view, anyone can travel if they follow the anti-epidemic measures,” Dr. Veselka Moncheva, director of the Infectious Diseases Surveillance Directorate of the RHI. Blagoevgrad.

So far, the municipality of Blagoevgrad has spent around BGN 340,000 of its own funds in connection with measures against the epidemic. According to Mayor Rumen Tomov, the only aid the municipality has received from state authorities since March until now is 10 liters of alcohol.

“It is extremely difficult for us to take control financially,” said Blagoevgrad Mayor Rumen Tomov.

The situation in schools in the region is also dynamic, but not critical. 453 students in the district are quarantined and studying remotely. 18 are teachers in quarantine.

Metodi Popov of the Regional Department of Education-Blagoevgrad said: “We will again appeal to parents, teachers and pedagogical specialists and to all those involved in the system and to students to do everything possible to limit students’ contact with other people.” .

Not only indoors, but also in the streets and parks of Blagoevgrad, people with masks are already seen, worried about the growing number of infected. The regional crisis headquarters decided to strengthen control in all municipalities. Controls for compliance with the measures are starting, and in areas with a large number of infected people all mass events are limited.