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Multiple disturbing anonymous testimonies and videos from hospital personnel paint an almost desperate situation: doctors and nurses are forced to interact with sick patients without any protective equipment, as the materials they need are either withheld by management or non-existent.

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and the Medical Expert Council with the Council of Ministers on April 3 presented the data from the first report of the Council.

The chair of the medical council, Prof. Dr. Kosta Kostov, stated that they were completely satisfied with their work and what they created was fully accepted.

More than 60 doctors from different branches, who came together to alleviate the workload of physicians struggling with COVID-19 on the field, are providing free consultancy services to citizens on social media.

"Daruieste Viata" (Give Life) Association has announced that it will build a modular hospital for the COVID-19 patients, which will be located in the courtyard of the Elias Hospital in Bucharest, based on an agreement signed with the management team of this medical unit.

State Secretary at the Ministry of Health Berislav Vekic said today that citizens who experience symptoms suggestive of coronavirus such as dry cough, sore throat or fever should report to the nearest health center where they will be examined and be returned to home isolation or referred for hospital treatment.

The Military Medical Academy will receive all other patients.
On Tuesday, it will be decided whether the city hospital on Zvezdara will receive coronavirus patients.

Some 46 new coronavirus infections, raising Greece's confirmed cases total to 464, were announced on this evening at the daily briefing by infectious diseases professor Sotiris Tsiodras.

Of these infections, 72 are of undetermined origin.

In China, fewer than 10,000 people will stay in hospitals because of a COVID-19 infection. All temporary medical facilities in Wuhan have been closed, and footage from social networks shows Chinese doctors rejoicing and celebrating the end of probably the most difficult times in their practice.

The 74 year old man in Pirogov emergency hospital is the second person in Bulgaria to die from Covid-19, Bulgaria's ministry of health said on March 14.

He was hospitalised on March 8 in serious condition. The man had chronic lung problems.

Acting PM Ludovic Orban said on Thursday evening that hospitals that have ICU sections and the capacity to provide treatment to deal with a possible increase in the number of patients infected with the new coronavirus should be prepared. "Another thing that is related to the preparation of the hospital network, to receive patients.