US Embassy and Bulgarian Red Cross Launch Another Anti-Covid Campaign in Bulgaria

On January 26, the Bulgarian Red Cross and the U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria gave an online press conference themed "Do it for those you love". With this event they launched an information campaign for COVID-19.

The special guests at the meeting were Acad. Hristo Grigorov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Red Cross, as well as H.E. Herro Mustafa, U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria.

The large-scale program "Activities in response to COVID-19" of the Bulgarian Red Cross is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and is supported by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

This program is important because it has shown that when we are together, the hand we give to people in need is very strong. It's important because it's reached thousands of people in our country. Nearly 30,000 socially disadvantaged citizens received hygiene products," said Acad. Hristo Grigorov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Red Cross.

"It is a real pleasure to note the partnership between the United States and the Bulgarian Red Cross. This afternoon I will visit the Bulgarian Red Cross in person. I've been in Bulgaria for a year and a few months now. Before I took office, I was prepared for thousands of situations. For a pandemic, however, there was no way to prepare. I think we all understand the importance of strengthening ties between the two countries.

You know I'm here with my two young daughters. Although we are guests of the country, we consider ourselves part of the Bulgarian people," said Herro Mustaha.

In her words, we must stand up and rebuild together in the course of fighting the pandemic.

"I am proud of the people working on the front line. We have already heard that at the early stages of the pandemic,...