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“Some of the measures in Bulgaria were absurd and selfish,” wrote journalist Frank Stir, who knows Bulgaria well. Deutsche Welle presents some of its observations after the end of the strict quarantine.
“If I could take a walk and see what was happening on Sofia’s Vitosha Boulevard, German health expert Karl Lauterbach would surely be in crisis,” wrote Frank Steer at the beginning of his article, explaining: “Lauterbach has been warning viewers. for weeks they must be prepared for long-term emergency measures that can last for years, they must limit contact and keep their distance to deal with the virus, but Sofia’s restaurant boulevard is crowded and people breathe in their necks “said the author, who lives in Sofia and is an excellent connoisseur of Bulgaria. He goes on to describe the chronology of the measures taken in Bulgaria, and returns to his personal impressions of Vitosha Boulevard:
It is noteworthy that in the new reality “after the crown” the chairs and tables are almost as before. Yes, the staff wears masks, but restaurant visitors sit close to each other and smoke cigarettes and hookahs, as if nothing happened. “
In Bulgaria they do much less testing
The author cites official data on the number of infected, cured and deceased in Bulgaria, as well as data on the tests carried out. According to the German newspaper Die Welt, only 7 out of 1,000 people were evaluated in Bulgaria, while in Germany the number is 30. Stir also compares the Bulgarian indicators with data from Germany:
“Compared to Germany, Bulgaria tested four times less coronavirus tests per million people, and found seven times fewer infected and dead than COVID-19. Along with Estonia, Slovenia and Slovakia, Bulgaria is among those countries.” In the EU, where the pandemic is least pronounced, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov believes that controlling the virus is his personal merit, as he was one of the first in the EU to order the complete shutdown and, together with NIGHT under the leadership of the general Senior Professor Dr. Ventsislav Mutafchiiski – introduced a strict but fair epidemic regimen.
The repressive nature of the measures.
The author also argues that, compared to countries like Spain, Italy or Greece, the restrictions have remained relatively liberal. However, he described some of the measures as “absurd and selfish.”
Stir goes on to describe in detail the restrictive measures affecting schools and shops, sports and parks, and argues that the repressive nature of the restrictive regime imposed by the two generals Borisov and Mutafchiiski was most evident in the six-week closure of the capital, Sofia. and Sofia. provincial centers:
“Only drivers who could present a document with a compelling reason for the trip were allowed entry. About 230,000 were forced to return,” said the German journalist.
“Bulgaria should prepare for a second wave”
Has Bulgaria dealt with the coronavirus? And he is looking for the answer: “When you take to the streets of Sofia today, the absurdity of the state of emergency will surely seem like a phantasmagoria. The streets are once again full of people and one cannot believe that just two weeks ago the police closed the squares with Red”. -The white plastic strips to channel the routes of pedestrians in the prescribed paths “.
Frank Stir sees the Bulgarians facing a dilemma. He cites the recommendations of experts such as the aforementioned professor of epidemiology Karl Lauterbach, the University of Washington Institute for Medical Measurements and Assessments, or the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control. As a result, he concluded that this dilemma had no solution: “Although they have not yet experienced a real wave of coronavirus, they (the Bulgarians) should, according to Lauterbach, prepare for a second and third wave.”
* The original title of the article is: “Bulgaria is separating itself from an epidemic that never happened.”
