Epidemiology
Is Next Pandemic on Our Plate? Meat-Eating May Unleash Unknown Viruses
Demand for regular supplies of affordable meat will create future pandemics that will make Covid-19 pandemic look like a "dress rehearsal", scientists are warning.
Producing meat is creating the perfect breeding ground for diseases of the same kind to emerge, according to the South African academics.
Fully vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says
Fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited guidance from federal health officials.
Covid-19 US: Fully Vaccinated People Can Get together Without Masks
Fully vaccinated people in USA can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited guidance from US federal health officials.
Mathematicians Predict Double Increase in Covid-19 Incidence in Bulgaria Within the Next 3 Weeks
There is a possibility for a bigger peak of COVID-19 cases than in the previous wave. Within three weeks, the 14-day morbidity could reach 800 per 100,000 people, mathematician Lachezar Tomov told BNT morning show "The day begins with Georgi Lyubenov" on March 7.
Scientists: There Are Only Dim Prospects for Pandemic End as Virus Is Changing
Chris Murray, a University of Washington disease expert whose projections on COVID-19 infections and deaths are closely followed worldwide, is changing his assumptions about the course of the pandemic
Infectious Disease Specialist: At Least 2,5 M Bulgarians Have Had Covid-19
"People who have been exposed to Covid-19 in Bulgaria are many times more than the official statistics reports. The real number of people who have had the disease is at least 2.5 million,"Dr. Trifon Valkov from the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Sofia stated in the morning program of Nova TV.
GCS: Timis and Maramures counties - still in red zone
Timis County remains in the red zone, with 4.95 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections per thousand inhabitants, increasing compared to the previous day, as well as Maramures County where the incidence rate is 3.14, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced on Sunday.
Dr Udovicic to the Crisis Staff: The epidemic is out of control
He also stated that there are currently 12 patients in the intensive care unit, and another 15 patients are "at the door of the intensive care unit", because they are on a high flow of oxygen.
WHO Reports 20-Percent Decrease in Covid-19 Mortality Rate
The number of coronavirus infections worldwide has decreased by 11% during the period of February 15-21, while the number of fatalities has decreased by 20% compared to the previous week. A decrease in incidence has been occurring for six weeks in a row, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO) weekly epidemiological update published in Geneva on Wednesday.
Crisis Staff on new measures; "We will certainly take a tougher stance"
Epidemiologists warned about such a sequence of things even before the extended weekend due to the national holiday of Sretenje.