The number of COVID-19 deaths in Bulgaria rose to eight after a patient infected with the new coronavirus disease passed away in a hospital in Blagoevgrad (Southwest Bulgaria) on Sunday morning. Several hours earlier, the seventh COVID-19 death case was registered in the same Bulgarian city.
According to the epidemiologists, the type B influenza wave has already subsided in Bulgaria, but the COVID-19 wave is yet to come. The coronavirus stays in the human body for an average of 28 days, but in some cases infection remains for up to 37 days. 1,000 Bulgarian policemen will be tested for COVID-19. The Bulgarian authorities will use these results to build a statistical model. According to the head of the National Crisis Headquarters Major General Ventislav Mutafchiyski, no boom of coronavirus infection has been registered in Bulgaria and mortality rate is lower than in other countries.
Clouds will break over the western half of the country overnigh t, becoming mostly clear, while rain will continue to fall over the east. Friday will be mostly sunny. There will be light winds, mainly from the north. Minimum temperatures will be between..
Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev and Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Kondov met at the Council of Ministers with relatives of the Bulgarian sailors on board the hijacked ship Galaxy Leader, where Glavchev assured that efforts to secure their release were..
The Bulgarian Parliament has finally postponed the liberalisation of the energy market for one year, starting from 1 July. The decision was taken with 152 votes in favour - of GERB-CDS, MRF, Vazrazhdane, "BSP for Bulgaria" and ITN. 35 PP-DB MPs..
Hail storm caused huge damage in the regions of Plovdiv, Haskovo, Stara Zagora and Sliven. No people were injured but crops in many..
Today Bulgaria is hosting a global event of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The results of the organisation's global..
On Saturday, minimum temperatures in the country will be between 5 and 10°C, around 5°C in Sofia. The morning will be sunny. In the afternoon it will be..
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