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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.

Politicians are extremely timid to support vaccines so as not to lose voters who are against immuno prophylaxis, lawyer Maria Sharkova, a medical law specialist, told BNR. "This is an extremely unpleasant problem, because the election cascade has put us in a situation where politicians say convenient things to attract voters, without caring that this rhetoric has a serious impact on public heal

A young man has committed suicide at a car wash in Blagoevgrad. The signal for the incident was filed at 08.13 hrs, said the spokesperson of the MoI Directorate-Blagoevgrad, Yordanka Sharkova, quoted BTA.

"There is no evidence of a violent death." According to initial information, the suicide was committed with a firearm, "Sharkova added.

Тhe movement of refugees outside the placement centre in Harmanli will be temporarily stopped as of November 23, said Deputy Minister of Health Vanio Sharkov at a briefing earlier on November 22.

Тhe measure is necessary as a result of the tension created among residents of the city in the past few days, who are worried about a possible infection.

Child mortality in Bulgaria is two times higher than that in the rest of the EU, said deputy Health Minister Vanyo Sharkov, quoting Eurostat data.

According to Sharkov, the data also shows that in Bulgaria twice as many people die from heart, ishemic and brain diseases.

Deputy Health Minister Vanyo Sharkov has pledged an increase in salaries at emergency care units in 2015.

In a Monday interview for the morning broadcast of the Bulgarian National Television, he emphasized that the authorities would strive for 20% annual increases over the next 5 years in order to boost the motivation of medical workers.