Prof. Asen Baltov: There is no 100% protection against COVID-19 – Hospitals

A study by the European Center for Communicable Diseases was published yesterday, showing that the average percentage of COVID-19 infectious staff is 13.6. Ireland has the most infected doctors with 29.9%. Bulgaria is approximately 11% and this places us in the call. “Golden mean”. This was said by Pirogov executive director Prof. Asen Baltov during a meeting with the directors of the Sofia hospitals at the Military Medical Academy, a Novini.bg reporter reported.

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“Unfortunately, much more is wanted. If we manage to locate several centers to treat patients with coronavirus and several resuscitation centers, where we also treat patients who need resuscitation, in this way we will relieve the personnel of many hospitals. In this way we will reduce the risk “Baltov emphasized.

He specified that he was specifically talking about Sofia.

“Because we have organized the work now, it turned out that we have the most infectious staff,” said the Pirogov chief.

“It is not just about personal protective equipment. There is no 100% protection against infection,” said Professor Asen Baltov.

“We have been doing PCR tests for those who enter Pirogov for two days.” The results are good for this. We do not have a contagion that we have detected in two days. This is additional protection for both staff and patients who enter Pirogov for treatment.

He assured that the tests were at the expense of the emergency hospital and thanked the employees of the Pirogov Virology Laboratory, who managed to make a pool system, that is. 4 samples are combined into one and made in a well and, if necessary, divided into 4 individual samples. In this way, we were able to reduce the cost of PCR testing from 60 to 12 levels, “said Professor Baltov.

“The measures taken by Bulgaria were timely and adequate. Thanks to the Bulgarians who observed the quarantine for two months, we have so few deaths. This discipline has had its impact. This does not mean that there is no coronavirus infection, on the contrary. Come to Pirogov and you will see for yourself. This is not a simple flu. But thanks to the fact that the measures are gradually dissolving, it shows that there is an extremely well thought out position here and a gradual and smooth transition to a normal life. This disease will not go away, we must learn to live with it. However, we must limit infection as much as possible and reduce harm to people, “said the head of Pirogov.