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No threat of Zika spread in Bulgaria: Health Minister Petre Moskov

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There is no immediate threat of a spread of the Zika virus carried by mosquitoes, said in parliament Bulgarian Health Minister Petre Moskov. There are neither confirmed Zika cases in this country, nor any potential threat of the virus, figures from European institutions suggest, the minister said and added that Bulgaria and Romania would agree on spraying against mosquitoes along the Danube.




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