Freedom Struggles: Bulgaria Stuck Two Decades Behind in Global Index
The 2024 Human Freedom Index (HFI), compiled by the Cato Institute and the Canadian Fraser Institute, evaluates personal and economic freedoms across 165 countries
In the last 24 hours, 136 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Bulgaria, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal. Two patients died of COVID-19.
3,178 tests were carried out, which means that the proportion of positive results is just over 4 percent.
To date, there are 294 people in hospitals with a diagnosis of COVID-19, of which 43 are in intensive care units. There are 24 new arrivals in medical facilities, and 62.5% of them have not been vaccinated.
In the last 24 hours, 50 patients were cured, making the total number since the beginning of the pandemic 1,291,937.
Active cases are currently 7,795.
In the last 24 hours, there have been 16 doses of vaccines against COVID-19. A total of 4,725,837 have been administered since the start of the immunization campaign.
A total of 38,729 people in the country have lost the battle with the coronavirus out of the confirmed 1,338,461 infected since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the data of the Unified Information Portal.
The flu season is intensifying, and by the end of this week, five regions in Bulgaria—Haskovo, Silistra, Pazardzhik, Vidin, and Yambol—are expected to be on the verge of a pre-epidemic situation
Flu cases are on the rise in Bulgaria, with certain regions expected to soon reach epidemic levels
Hospitals in major Bulgarian cities like Sofia, Pleven, Plovdiv, and Blagoevgrad have been found to be draining funds from the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF)
Bulgaria is entering the initial stages of a flu epidemic, with the peak expected in early February, according to Chief State Inspector Assoc. Prof. Dr. Angel Kunchev
Bulgaria has spent over 145 million leva on Covid-19 vaccines that were discarded between 2022 and 2024, according to Acting Minister of Health Galya Kondeva
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