Coronavirus disease

Four patients - two women and two men - ages between 62 and 89 were transferred from the blaze-hit "Matei Bals" Institute to the "Marius Nasta" Institute, following the fire that broke out Friday morning at the Bucharest Covid-19 hospital; two of them are in a severe condition, said the manager of the "Marius Nasta" Institute, Beatrice Mahler.

Only 3 areas are designated in red on Bulgaria's covid-19 morbidity map These are Vratsa, Kyustendil and Pleven. This became clear during the regular briefing of the National Operational Headquarters.

Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos was vaccinated against the novel coronavirus at a public hospital of Istanbul on Thursday.

Vartholomeos thanked the medical and nursing staff for their efforts and sacrifice in helping patients with Covid-19.

He also wished for the vaccination of as many people as possible around the world to stem the spread of the deadly virus. 

Vice President Iliana Yotova has coronavirus, the press office of the presidency reported. She tested positive for Covid-19 today.

She is in good general condition with mild symptoms. Tests were also taken from her closest associates, which were negative.

Greek health authorities confirmed 858 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, raising the total number of cases to 154,083.

This was the second day in a row that the number of new cases have been above the 800-mark.

Of these new infections, just 11 were reported at the country's entry points.

As many as 3,174 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been recorded in the past 24 hours, following more than 33,000 tests at the national level, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reports on Wednesday. These are cases that have not previously had a positive test, the GCS states.

Global coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as countries around the world struggle with new virus variants and vaccine shortfalls. 

Almost 1.3% of the world's population has now been infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and more than 2.1 million people have died.

Turkey has seen a significant drop in the number of critically ill COVID-19 patients.

The number of COVID-19 patients in critical condition in the country dropped to below 2,000 for the first time in three months thanks to strict coronavirus measures in place since Dec.1, 2020, according to country's Health Ministry.

Education Minister Sorin Cimpeanu said on Tuesday that opening schools on February 8 is not conditional upon the teaching staff getting immunised against the COVID-19, but by epidemiological developments.

Greek health authorities reported 842 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, pushing the total number of cases to 153,226.

Of these new cases, 13 were reported at the country's entry points.

There were 283 intubated patients on Tuesday, with a median age of 68, according to data from the daily bulletin of the National Organization for Public Health (EODY).