Angelov

"Bulgaria is overcoming the third wave of Covid-19. We were able to achieve the goal we had set to ourselves. To date, there is not a single region designated in red on Bulgaria's morbidity map. We achieved it because the reason, intellect of the experts and discipline guided us all the time," announced at the regular briefing of the National Operational HQ, outgoing Minister of Health Prof.

In an emotional speech Health Minister Kostadin Angelov asked parliament to nominate new representatives for the National Operational Headquarters (NOHQ).

Bulgaria: National Coronavirus Task Force Will Resume Work

The outgoing Prime Minister has ordered the Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov to resume the work of the National Operational Headquarters until a new government is formed. This became clear at an extraordinary briefing of GERB held on April 18.

Bulgarian Minister of Health Prof. Kostadin Angelov announced that decision to disband the Task Force is "logical".

The Task Force begun managing the situation with COVID-19 in Bulgaria at the end of February last year. Angelov expressed his opinion at a press briefing after the Council of Ministers issued a statement about the end of the Task Force.

The order for the dissolution of the NOHQ is not from now, the decision was taken on February 26, stated Health Minister Kostadin Angelov. Let us not politicize this step, because healthcare system can't be a punching bag for political jugglers. It makes perfect sense to disband this Headquarters after the end of this government's term of office.

"In the last 14 days there has been a marked increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases, we are now at the highest point of the morbidity peak, the third in a row for the country. However, already there are one million people in Bulgaria - vaccinated or healed who have immunity, this gives us grounds to gradually ease the restrictive measures from today.

Bulgaria will ease some of its measures against the spread of Covid-19 from April 1, Health Minister Kostadin Angelov told a briefing on March 30.

Currently, heightened measures that came into effect on March 22 are due to expire on March 31.

The government and health authorities are considering loosening of the anti-epidemic measures is under after March 31. This was announced at a briefing by Health Minister Kostadin Angelov.

Most likely, students will return to school on April 12 - after spring break. Kostadin Angelov together with Minister of Education Krasimir Valchev will draw up a list for all grades.

Bulgaria is already second in coronavirus mortality in the world after Hungary. That's what Head of the National Operational Headquarters Chairman Gen. Ventsislav Mutafchiiski said during the regular weekly briefing at the Council of Ministers.

According to him, our country has surpassed the peak of November 23, 2020, and the infected are now 679 per 100,000.

In some regions of the country, the situation with coronavirus is deteriorating and it raises serious concerns, Health Minister Kostadin Angelov acknowledged. However, he added that such a development was expected because of the spread of the novel strain of the virus - the British one.