Vratsa, Pleven and Shumen are in a flu epidemic as of today, BNT reports. Thus, the total number of districts in which anti-epidemic measures were introduced due to many sick people becomes 11.
So far, a flu epidemic has been declared in Haskovo, Plovdiv, Blagoevgrad, Yambol, Dobrich, Vidin, Varna and Veliko Tarnovo. In four of them - Yambol, Vidin, Haskovo and Vratsa - the in-person learning process has been suspended, and from Wednesday they will also switch to online learning in Plovdiv. Preventive examinations, immunizations and scheduled consultations for pregnant women and children, as well as visits to hospitals, have been suspended everywhere. In nurseries and kindergartens, control has been tightened to prevent children with flu symptoms and acute respiratory diseases from entering.