Measles

Patients with Measles in Bulgaria Are Already 39 (Updated)

39 cases of measles in Bulgaria, 24 of them - laboratory proven, reported the Bulgarian National Television. 

The last two cases are a 2-year-old child from Ihtiman and a 16-year-old boy from the Nadezhda district in the capital. 

Experts are categorical that an epidemic at this stage can not be announced.

NEW CASES OF MEASLES: Infected Are Now 31

Four cases are in Sofia, reported NOVA TV.

New cases of measles infected children. Three of the cases are from the Hristo Botev quarter of Sofia, the fourth is a child from "Studentski grad". Thus, the total is 31.

21 of them are laboratory proven.

At the same time, the government voted BGN 30 million for municipal and district hospitals.

Emergency Measures Against the Spread of Measles in Sofia

The health authorities send a mobile team of doctors to put vaccinations in the ''Hristo Botev'' neighborhood, reported NOVA TV. 

Emergency measures against the spread of measles in Sofia. The health authorities send a mobile team of doctors to place vaccinations in the Hristo Botev quarter of Sofia. 

17 Cases of Measles in Bulgaria

17 cases of measles have been registered in Bulgaria so far, Radosveta Filipova, expert at Bulgaria's Ministry of Health announced, quoted by the Bulgarian National Radio.

In her words, we cannot speak of measles epidemic, but of an outbreak only. 145 Bulgarians who were in contact with people infected by measles were placed under medical supervision.

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