Ministry of Health

Italy may soon ban smoking outdoors as well, reports "RAI News", "Sky TG 24" and "TG Com 24", quoted by BTA.

The draft legal act, which will contain the ban, is being prepared by the Ministry of Health. The ban will affect not only ordinary but also electronic cigarettes and so-called heated tobacco products.

The keys of the ambulance vehicles were handed over to the heads of health institutions by the director of the Republic Health Insurance Fund, Sanja Radojevi kodri, and the UAE Ambassador to Serbia, Mubarak Al Dhaheri, in the presence of the State Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Aleksandar Stefoski.

"There are serious gaps in the Specialized Electronic System for the Tracking and Analysis of Medicinal Products (SESPA) that compromise its data, including the ban list for the export of medicines of the Medicines Executive Agency (MEA)." This was found by "Information Service" after an audit ordered by the previous leadership of the Ministry of Health, announced the acting minister A

In connection with the increase in the incidence of acute respiratory diseases and influenza in the territory of the Dobrich region, a flu epidemic has been declared, and temporary anti-epidemic measures are being introduced for the period from January 20 to 25.

In connection with the increase in the incidence of acute respiratory diseases and influenza in the territory of the Plovdiv region, a flu epidemic has been declared, and temporary anti-epidemic measures are being introduced for the period from January 19 to 30.

In connection with the increase in the incidence of acute respiratory diseases and influenza in the territory of the Lovech, Pazardzhik and Gabrovo regions, a flu epidemic has been declared, and temporary anti-epidemic measures are being introduced for the period from January 18 to 24.

Changes are being made to the smoking law in an attempt to close loopholes in anti-smoking legislation that allow essentially closed spaces to be called outdoors.

According to information, the Ministry of Health will attempt in the first quarter of 2023 to proceed with changes in cooperation with the relevant ministries.

For the period from 02.08.2022 to the beginning of January 2023, 657,762 doses of the Comirnaty vaccine and 271,910 doses of the Spikevax vaccine expired. This was reported by the Acting Health Minister Asen Medzhidiev in response to a parliamentary question.

The State Secretary of the Ministry of Health, MD Mirsad erlek, says that there is no confirmation yet, but in his belief, a new strain of the Coronavirus has arrived in Serbia as well, given the rising number of infected people, and that its detection is expected soon.

Some of the medicines missing in the pharmacy network in Bulgaria - antibiotics and antiviral preparations - are arriving. New supplies are expected at the beginning of next week, said Arkadi Sharkov, a health economist from EKIP and an advisor to the Ministry of Health.