Occupational safety and health

The new confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria for the last 24 hours are 9, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal.

254 tests were done, which means that the proportion of positive results is 3.54 percent.

No patients with confirmed coronavirus infection have died.

A total of 131 fires were extinguished in Bulgaria during the past 24 hours, the General Directorate of Fire Safety and Protection of the Population announced on its website. Firefighters responded to 203 reports of accidents. One person died and two were injured in the fires.

Experts called it the "wildfire paradox." The Fire Service may be getting more firefighting equipment, including assistance from abroad, it may nip more fires in the bud before they can spread, but as long as flammable material keeps accumulating in the forests, those fires that start are becoming more difficult to contain, with the largest of them burning for several days.

We always had and always will have wildfires in Greece. We will also have big fires that can't be extinguished for days and cause massive destruction - and not only us. Even countries with inexhaustible means and vast firefighting experience, such as the United States and Canada, have experienced wildfires that could not be put out out for days and caused unimaginable damage.

The situation remains dire on the Greek island of Rhodes, which has been engulfed in fires for several days.

The evacuation of tourists and local residents continued until late last night. About a thousand people were transported by buses. With a large lifeboat and more than 30 private vessels, people are being evacuated from Rhodes. To date, their number is over 30 thousand people.

Firefighters on Rhodes are continuing to fight wildfires on the island for the fifth consecutive day, as residents were evacuated from a central village on Friday night.

Villagers in Laerma received the 112 evacuation text message at around 10.30 p.m.

The former weapons supervisor on the set of the movie "Rust" won't have to take a drug test as she confronts felony charges of evidence tampering and involuntary manslaughter in the on-set shooting death of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin.

The basic obligation of the state apparatus, especially during the summer season, is to ensure the adequacy and operation of all means of fire protection and safety.

It is only if it cannot fulfill this task that the decision to close all parks in Athens due to the risk of fire is justified, since they are the only places where residents can seek refuge from the heat.

New cases of SARS-CoV-2 over the week of July 10-16 were slightly up compared to the previous week, according to the weekly report by the National Public Health Organization (EODY), published on Thursday.

Motorists have been advised to only fill up their vehicles after sunset due to the "Kleon" heat wave.

The Ministry of Environment and Energy has also urged motorists to cut down on the use of their cars in favor of public transport as the heat leads to the accumulation of pollutants in the air.