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I don’t have coronavirus, I have coronavirus: Prime Minister Borissov’s quarantine saga ended with a positive test for Kovid-19. And with his urgent call to comply with the measures. But why is it usually without a mask?
In Boyko Borissov’s first trimester, when the Chuck Norris jokes were about him, probably someone would have written that Borisov contracted a virus, but felt sorry for him and let him go. Towards the end of his third term, Borissov turned out to test positive for coronavirus, but they haven’t told jokes for a long time to like it.
Borisov and the coronavirus: here it is, here it is not
On Friday at 5:37 p.m., the prime minister announced on his Facebook account that he had a negative test, but was nevertheless isolated after learning at 4:00 p.m. that Deputy Minister of Regional Development Nikolay Nankov was with Kovid-19. . It is Nankov who is his companion in the jeep, with whom he travels around the country to meet with mayors and talks with labor groups. In less than 24 hours, instead of 10 days, Borissov’s quarantine was lifted. And after less than 24 hours, he tested positive by PCR.
Apart from the prime minister, the quarantine was lifted earlier than planned for President Rumen Radev. The head of the Sofia Regional Health Inspectorate (RHI), Dr. Dancho Penchev, explained it with the public work of the two and the two consecutive negative tests they gave. According to RHI, the tests were conducted after the incubation period in which the disease could develop, showing that neither the prime minister nor the president were infected. However, Borisov denied this claim, announcing a few hours later that he had a positive test for Kovid-19.
“I am sure that following the measures we will do it together,” wrote the prime minister after announcing that he was infected. But videos and photos on Facebook regularly show him without a mask. It doesn’t matter that this is the slightest precaution.
And in this case, Borisov is not fooling himself: he says one thing and does another. A little over a week ago he announced, for example, that “we must all abide by the imposed measures” because “distance, disinfection, the use of masks and extra care are enough to protect ourselves.” But a video shared on his Facebook page shows that at the same Council of Ministers meeting, Borissov was without a mask. The Minister of Health, Prof. Kostadin Angelov, also does not wear a mask, while Petya Avramova, the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works sitting next to him, wears a tight-fitting mask.
The videos of the tours of the country are also eloquent: neither Borisov nor any of his companions wear a mask. The last of the Rhodopes shows that neither Nankov nor Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva wear masks. Earlier, RHI-Lovech announced that it was fining the Cabinet administration for not wearing a mask at the inauguration of the new cathedral in the city. In other words: it turns out that the prime minister is acting like a one hundred percent “mangaro”.
How can Bulgarian citizens be expected to comply with the measures imposed by the government, after the Prime Minister himself manifestly violates them? With such behavior, it is not surprising that the masks were burned in the center of Sofia in protest against the order of the Minister of Health to wear them outdoors.
In Brussels, Borissov is different
In Brussels, however, Borissov presents himself as an empathetic European. At the two-day European Council in mid-October, photos on his Facebook account invariably show him wearing a mask. It turns out that when the requirements are met, Borisov follows the rules. But where he sets the rules, he may not follow them.
Last week, the prime minister revised the Health Minister’s order for the mandatory use of outdoor masks in motion, which Angelov says will reduce the incidence by 30%. Thus, in the order of Prof. Angelov it was written that masks are mandatory in open public places, where there is a crowd of people and the impossibility of observing a physical distance of 1.5 meters.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the government has been quite hesitant about wearing masks. In March, then-Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued an order for them to be used, but revoked it the next day due to public resistance. In April, using them indoors and outdoors became mandatory again, but control was extremely weak. Bulgaria is unlikely to come up with a solution like this: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama recently announced that in his country, fines for walking without a mask will be added to electricity bills. Of course, Borissov will not allow it, and all Bulgarians know it.
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