Mira Kozhuharova

"At the moment, it seems that the peak of the fifth wave has passed. There is a decrease in the percentage of positive samples and those infected." This was stated on Nova TV by the epidemiologist Prof. Mira Kozhuharova.

Bulgarian Professor: The End of the Fifth Wave of COVID-19 can be seen

"We can believe that the fourth wave is subsiding. Mortality is falling, but remains high due to poor health of Bulgarians, problems in the health care system. In Bulgaria, cases that end fatally are unvaccinated, and at risk."

This was said to BNR by the epidemiologist Prof. Mira Kozhuharova, advisor to the Minister of Health.

"The epidemiological situation is improving. Tomorrow we will probably get out of the dark red zone," said Minister of Health Stoycho Katsarov at a briefing.

The Ministry of Health will propose to the Council of Ministers to extend the epidemic situation by 4 to 6 months. The current horizon is November 30. In December we are waiting for deliveries of drugs against COVID.

This was announced by the line minister Stoycho Katsarov today, having previously reported the result of the implementation of the current measures.

Yesterday the Minister of Health Dr. Stoycho Katsarov, the Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Alexander Zlatanov, the Acting Chief State Health Inspector Dr. Radosveta Filipova, Prof.

It is possible to reach a total lockdown. Everything stops when hospitals cannot provide us with the care we need. The interval between 6000 and 8000 hospital beds occupied for non-intensive patients is acceptable. Our system probably can't accept more than this limit because there aren't that many staff.

The fourth COVID wave reached the peak of the previous one. This was commented on bTV by Prof. Mira Kozhuharova, a consultant to the Minister of Health. She predicted that there would be another wave and was adamant that the measures introduced to limit the virus were not late.

At the moment we have one detention of the morbidity - from September 2, 3, said in "The day begins with Georgi Lyubenov" the epidemiologist Prof. Mira Kozhuharova. The fourth wave is going all over the world, in our country it is not so steep, which affects the number of people being treated in hospital.

Offices with a large open space have a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 than in schools, because there are adults mostly.

 "Children get less sick and less exposed to this infection, " said this morning in an interview with BNT  Prof. Mira Kozhuharova, adviser to the Minister of Health.

The percentage of medics vaccinated against COVID-19 in Bulgaria is shamefully low to disclose - a little over 20 percent, the share of vaccinated teachers is also low. Only few schools and kindergartens in the country have nearly 100% of their staff vaccinated.