Sofia night establishments are closed, planned admission to hospitals is limited

Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakov announced that all nightclubs in the city will be closed from Sunday for a period of 2 weeks. The decision was announced after a meeting of the municipal headquarters against the coronavirus.

Sofia is one of the cities most affected by the pandemic, with almost 600 new cases of coronavirus identified in the last 24 hours alone, out of a total of 1,589 throughout the country.

Due to the growing epidemic, hospitals are already suspending scheduled admissions. Fandakova called on companies in Sofia to allow their employees to work remotely if possible.

Regarding schools, he said that if the number of new infections continues to grow, he would recommend that older students switch to distance education.

Earlier, Fandakova told bTV that the number of beds for Covid patients in Sofia’s intensive care units was significantly reduced.

“New beds are being opened, but the situation with doctors, nurses and paramedics is extremely serious. They themselves become infected, remain in quarantine. Additional measures are needed, in Bulgaria they are the lightest possible.”she added.

According to her, at this moment the control over the observance of the existing anti-epidemic measures is increased. He specified that during the last 10 days, more than 600 inspections have been carried out in public transport to carry safety equipment, 59 sanctions have been imposed. More than 2,000 retail establishments were inspected.

“My observations are that more and more people wear masks and become more disciplined. However, additional measures must be taken to be effective. We will focus on places where distance cannot be observed and masks cannot be used. Yesterday we discussed with colleagues the temporary closure of discos ”. Fandakova said.

He explained that it would not be possible to impose a night class in Sofia if the measure with the discos worked. Regarding the possible discontent in the industry, he pointed out that the most important thing at this stage is to preserve people’s health.

“The forecasts for the next days and weeks are for a double and triple increase in cases. There is no health system that can endure. We are in contact with the affiliated organizations, it is important that the business works (() system “, she specified.

Again more than 1500 new cases

There are 1,589 new cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria during the last 24 hours, with 9,831 PCR tests performed, according to data from the National Information System.

This is 16.2 percent of the total number of respondents in the last 24 hours.

In first place in terms of the number of new infections is Sofia with 594 positive results, followed by Plovdiv with 147 and Blagoevgrad with 109.

13 people died. The hospital has a capacity for 1,886 people, 127 of whom are in intensive care units.

The cured on the last day are 269.

Planned admission to hospitals stops

On Friday night, Health Minister Kostadin Angelov issued a new order to toughen measures against the epidemic.

Medical establishments in districts with morbidity greater than 120 people per 100,000 inhabitants suspend the planned admission and the planned operational activity. All hospitals in the respective areas are required to disclose Covid structures with a minimum of 10% of the total number of beds available.

In the hospitals of the districts with a morbidity of 60.0 to 119.9 people per 100 thousand inhabitants, the planned operative activity is suspended. These hospitals must disclose Covid structures with a minimum of 5% of the total number of beds available.

However, the prohibition of programmed admission and programmed operative activities, respectively, does not apply to the performance of activities related to the transplantation of organs, tissues and cells, diagnosis and treatment of patients with oncological and oncohematological diseases, assisted reproduction activities and deliveries, regardless of delivery method.