Restaurants, cafes and malls in Bulgaria will remain closed for now

Restaurants, cafes, malls and night clubs in Bulgaria will remain closed for now. This became clear during the briefing of the health authorities on Thursday. The only compromise that will be made by the country is regarding educational institutions.

The older students are about to return to the classrooms, and this is expected to apply to classes from 5th to 12th grade. Schools will welcome teenagers from February 4th, and learning will take place according to a certain mechanism – by alternating one week face-to-face learning and one week distance learning. The final decision will be made by January 31.

According to Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, the return of children to nurseries, kindergartens and in schools from 1st to 5th grade has not increased the number of infected people. This is indicative that if the epidemiological situation becomes more complicated in the future there will be no need to close kindergartens and suspend the actual education of the youngest students. If the trend of reduction of cases continues, it is expected that gyms will open sometime in February.

The newly diagnosed people with coronavirus in Bulgaria during the past 24 hours are 482. The distribution by districts is as follows: Blagoevgrad – 13; Burgas – 15; Varna – 24; Veliko Tarnovo – 11; Vidin – 4; Vratsa – 20; Gabrovo – 4; Dobrich – 7; Kardzhali – 5; Kyustendil – 13; Lovech – 4; Montana – 9; Pazardzhik – 27; Pernik – 11; Pleven – 21; Plovdiv – 48; Razgrad – 4; Ruse – 15; Silistra – 9; Sliven – 24; Smolyan – 4; Sofia region -18; Sofia city – 106; Stara Zagora – 14; Targovishte – 3; Haskovo – 33; Shumen – 14; Yambol – 2.

A total of 213 409 cases have been confirmed in Bulgaria with 29 660 of them active. 175 098 people were cured, of which 4 600 were registered during the last 24 hours. There are 3 220 patients with proven COVID-19 in hospitals with 327 in intensive care. The total number of people vaccinated against coronavirus infection in our country so far is 24 127, and 1 901 of them have been vaccinated in the past 24 hours. The death toll in which COVID-19 was proven is 8 651 with 37 cases registered in the last 24 hours.