We are getting stronger and better informed. We stand confidently and victoriously against COVID-19. Vaccines are coming, with them we will be able to turn perhaps some of the darkest pages in our modern history. The disease gives way thanks to the efforts of all those who from the beginning are struggling side by side in medical institutions, ambulance services and everywhere across the country. Only together and with perseverance will we be able to win the war against COVID-19, said Minister of Health Prof. Kostadin Angelov at the beginning of the regular briefing on the current situation with COVID-19 in Bulgaria.
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There are big differences in the way the different regions in the country are coping with the pandemic. In big cities and cities with university hospitals, it is obvious that people get much better help, Tihomir Bezlov from the Centre for the Study of Democracy said in an interview with BNT.
Since the beginning of the pandemic in Bulgaria up until December 16, the highest number of fatalities has been registered in Smolyan district - 160.3 per 100,000 people. The lowest mortality rate has been recorded in Sofia - 51.9 per 100,000.
The better access to medical care and the higher rate of testing in large cities are among the reasons for the lower mortality there, Bezlov explained.
Winners and losers (Part II)
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Some of the biggest winners in this most challenging year, 2020, were the healthcare workers and the first responders, they who daily placed their lives on the line to keep us healthy and safe. We’re talking about the doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians and orderlies, and all the other support staff who worked assiduously behind the scenes to make sure that the process worked as best it could under very tough coronavirus circumstances. A grateful nation says thanks!
We also must salute and offer our thanks to the Chief Medical Officer, Dr Rhonda Sealey Thomas, the Chief Health Inspector, Sharon Martin, the Director of the Laboratory at the Mount St John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC), Dr Lester Simon, the Medical Director at the MSJMC, Dr. Albert Duncan, and the Minister of Health, Sir Molwyn Joseph. These were fluid and undoubtedly unusual circumstances, and they all worked together, rising admirably to the enormous existential chall