Ministry of Health

Nearly 8,000 previously resigned physicians have returned to the ministry's health facilities and the average number of resignations in state hospitals have significantly decreased following a series of innovations called the "White Reform," Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.

In a bid t to curb the rising wave of violence targeting health care workers, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced a comprehensive action plan aimed at increasing security personnel within hospitals and implementing a cutting-edge preventive system.

More than 100,000 health care workers have completed their two-day-long work stoppage, while Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has pledged to enhance a series of measures called the "White Reform" to end violence in hospitals and improve working conditions.

The prosecutor's office has terminated the pre-trial proceedings initiated for possible violations surrounding the purchase of rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 for students when Stoycho Katsarov was Minister of Health. He headed the Ministry of Health in 2021 in the two caretaker governments with Prime Minister Stefan Yanev.

"The new measures will be announced in a day or two because it is very important to limit the spread of the virus", the director of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Prof. Iva Hristova, announced on Bulgaria On Air.

The Minister of Health, Thanos Plevris spoke about the increase of the covid cases in the country and whether the epidemiological situation is beyond the control of the health authorities.

As of yesterday, February 7, the Ministry of Health is launching an online-based volunteer registration system to assist hospitals in the fight against COVID-19.

Free tests will be distributed to citizens in Greece, Greek media reported. The decision is part of the measures from the government in trying to limit the spread of COVID-19.

The emergency authorization application for the domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine, Turkovac, has been submitted to the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (TİTCK), Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced.

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.