EU Freezes 1.2 Billion Leva Payment to Bulgaria Due to Reform Delays
Bulgaria's request for the second tranche of funding under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) has been met with resistance from Brussels.
As of July 22, the number of areas falling into Stage 1 is 19. In these districts, there is an increase in the intensity of the spread of COVID-19 and an increase in the occupancy of hospital beds by patients with SARS-CoV-2. According to the National Operational Plan for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, by order of the director of the relevant regional health inspection, temporary anti-epidemic measures are introduced in the territory of the specific region.
We remind you that from July 19, temporary anti-epidemic measures are in effect on the territory of Sofia city and Burgas regions, from July 20 - in Sofia region, Dobrich and Yambol, and from July 21 - in Gabrovo, Varna, Vratsa, Sliven and Silistra.
The new 8 regions, in which temporary measures are introduced from tomorrow, July 22, are Plovdiv, Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil, Montana, Pernik, Razgrad, Stara Zagora and Haskovo.
The following anti-epidemic measures have been introduced in the indicated areas:
- wearing a protective face mask in medical and health facilities, facilities for the provision of social services, etc.;
- observance of a physical distance of at least 1.5 m in places with gatherings of people;
- hand hygiene and disinfection of surfaces, regular ventilation;
- remote work if possible;
- implementation of an enhanced morning filter in children's facilities to exclude children with clinical symptoms of COVID-19, as well as other acute infectious diseases.
- conducting a daily filter in the specialized institutions for the provision of social services and in residential-type social services for children and adults for the presence of users and staff with clinical symptoms of COVID-19 and removing the staff from work until the diagnosis is established and clinical recovery.
From July 23, anti-epidemic measures will be introduced in the territory of Lovech region.
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