Cases of the Delta Plus variant have been detected in Bulgaria, data of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases show. Most cases of the new variant were reported in Burgas and Sofia. The new Delta Plus variant was also detected in Stara Zagora, Varna, Blagoevgrad and Kyustendil.
"The coronavirus continues to mutate. We detected the new Delta Plus variant in 16 out of 440 samples in October, the Director of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Professor Iva Hristova said in an interview for bTV. The new variant is 10% more infectious than Delta. However, vaccinated people have protection against the new coronavirus variant, noted Professor Hristova.
In her words, the mandating of a green certificate has already yielded results and Covid-19 morbidity is expected to fall within 2 weeks.
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In Saturday an atmospheric disturbance will sweep across the country. Minimum temperatures will reach 8-13° C., for Sofia 10° C. After the nighttime precipitation over Northern Bulgaria, during the day the Northwesterly wind will pick up..
The European Commission will provide around €50 million from the EU agricultural reserve to fruit, nut and vegetable producers in Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland and Romania who have suffered significant damage from adverse weather events,..
Matan Angrest, who holds Bulgarian and Israeli citizenship, was among the twenty hostages released by Hamas in the Gaza Strip , the Israeli Ministry of..
Education Minister Krasimir Valchev is set to propose a public debate on banning social media for children under 15, reports BNR correspondent Nezabravka..
An initiative committee led by the historian Georgi Markov, has proposed that a monument to Khan Asparuh, the founder of the Bulgarian state, be erected..
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