Contagious disease
Ministry launches investigation into disease clusters in quake zone
The Health Ministry has launched an investigation into disease clusters in the quake-hit provinces amid rising concerns that a new outbreak may be spreading in the region, the local media has reported.
Bulgaria’s Health Minister Will Be Authorized to Impose Mandatory Isolation
At the proposal of the Chief State Health Inspector the Minister of Health, will be authorized to order mandatory isolation for persons suffering from contagious diseases, as well as mandatory quarantine for their contact persons, on the basis of an assessment of the existing epidemic risk and the spread of the respective contagious disease.
Emergency Epidemic Situation in Bulgaria: What is Allowed
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Woman on trial for inflicting bodily harm on babies
The trial of the 55-year-old woman accused of inflicting bodily harm to babies and resisting arrest will take place this coming Wednesday, an Athens court ruled on Friday.
The woman had been arrested for allegedly scratching babies with her nails or a sharp object on a number of occasions at a mall in Aghios Dimitrios, southern Athens.
Cook on cargo ship died of heart disease, coroner finds
A preliminary coroner's report on Monday said that the death of the cook on a quarantined cargo ship was due to heart problems and not a contagious disease.
The Antigua-flagged Blue Note alerted Greek authorities that its 40-year-Russian cook had died of unknown causes while en route from Italy to Greece, raising concerns that he may have been infected with a contagious disease.
'No Dangerous Diseases' Found So Far in Bulgaria's Harmanli
There have been no immediate reports of epidemic diseases at the migrant accommondation and reception centr in Harmanli in Southern Bulgaria, a medical official has said.
Among the first 80 migrants examined, only a case of scabies has been registered, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) quotes Sonya Dimitrova, the head of Haskovo's health inspection office, as saying.
Pioneering quarantine health station on İzmir island to become museum?
The worldâs only protected quarantine station on an island, on Karantina in the western Turkish province of Ä°zmir, is awaiting the attention of the Culture and Tourism Ministry to become a health museum A center on Karantina Island, facing Urla in the western district of Ä°zmir, is the worldâs only protected quarantine station on an island, and it is now waiting to be converted into