Center for Disease Control

Greece is far off the goals set by the United Nations to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, according to a recent report by the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), which examines the progress of EU member-countries. 

China reported 13,000 Covid cases on Sunday, the most since the peak of the first pandemic wave over two years ago, as health officials said they have found a suspected new subtype of the Omicron variant in the Shanghai area.

China's "zero-Covid" strategy is under extreme pressure as the virus whips across the country.

China reported 13,000 Covid cases on Sunday, the most since the peak of the first pandemic wave over two years ago, as health officials said they have found a suspected new subtype of the Omicron variant in the Shanghai area.

China's "zero-Covid" strategy is under extreme pressure as the virus whips across the country.

China could move away from its zero-Covid strategy "in the near future" and co-exist with the virus, a top Chinese scientist said in a possible sign that the country's leadership is rethinking its strict approach.

The AP agency reminds that, when the pandemic started, Spain introduced a three-month lockdown, during which even children were not allowed to go to the park. The strictest measures have been created and implemented so that the Spanish health care system would not collapse.

There is still no registered case of Omicron in Bulgaria, the director of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Prof. Iva Hristova, told Nova TV.

"Issuing Bulgarian green certificates for antibodies is a mistake. They are not allowed and are not given anywhere in the world. There are many reasons for this." this was stated by Academician Bogdan Petrunov in the studio of "Awake".

The Minister of Health, Ioana Mihaila, declared on Tuesday that the infection rate with the novel coronavirus is estimated to rise in Romania as well and highlighted that if a sufficient vaccination coverage would exist, there would be no patients with severe forms.

The U.S. State Department updated travel warnings for dozens of countries worldwide on June 8, including Turkey. 

In all, the department changed its travel advisories for 114 countries, according to a State Department statement. The majority of the revisions - 58 - were countries being upgraded from Level 4 Do Not Travel to Level 3 Reconsider Travel, including Turkey.

According to previous data, the EU managed to administer about 8.9 million doses, or two doses per 100 inhabitants. The United States and Great Britain have so far vaccinated seven, that is to say, 10.5 inhabitants per 100, respectively, and Israel is currently at 43.