Module:Country extract/BG

Today, the regional health inspectorate in Montana also declared a flu epidemic in the area. School classes have been cancelled until 4 February 2019. Regular consultations of pregnant women and children, hospital visits and planned operations and vaccinations are suspended until further notice, reports Focus News Agency. 

Classes have been cancelled in over 1,370 schools and kindergartens due to the flu, said the press office of the Ministry of Education and Science.
From today, 267 schools in Sofia-city, 124 schools in Blagoevgrad region, 105 schools in Pleven region and 41 schools in Kyustendil region will have no classes because of the flu.

Flu epidemic has been declared from today in the Sofia city district and the regions of Blagoevgrad and Kyustendil. Consultations to pregnant women and children, visits to hospitals, planned surgeries and prophylactic vaccinations are indefinitely suspended.

Flu epidemic has been declared as of today for the regions of Vidin and Kardzhali. School classes in Vidin are suspended until January 28, while those in Kardzhali - until January 30.

In Smolyan and Pazardzhik regions, the suspension of classes has been extended to January 25.

From today, a flu epidemic has been announced for Silistra and Haskovo, so epidemic districts become 14, reported the Bulgarian National Television. 

About a quarter of the country's educational institutions are in a forced vacation. From today all schools in the districts: Burgas, Stara Zagora and Shumen are again open. 

The number of Bulgarian regions with high flu rates are now 12 after three additional regions - Plovdiv, Sofia region and Varna - have declared flu epidemic as of Tuesday. An epidemic was previously declared in the regions of Pernik, Pazardzhik, Smolyan, Stara Zagora, Haskovo, Yambol, Burgas, Shumen, Dobrich and Silistra.

In 344 schools and kindergartens today, January 16, 2019, the school sessions were suspended, reported the Bulgarian National Television.

137 schools in the Burgas District,  will be closed until January 18 due to the flu epidemic.

Code Yellow warning for strong winds has been issued for 18 regions of the country, according to the website of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH).

A code orange warning for heavy precipitations has been issued for Smolyan, Kardzhali, Haskovo, Yambol and Burgas, a yellow alert is in place for 12 regions, according to the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology's (NIMH) website. Precipitations of 35-50 l/sq m are expected in the first five regions, snowfall in Smolyan.

Code Yellow warning for low temperatures has been issued for 24 Bulgarian regions, according to the website of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH).