Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Flu wave in Bulgaria expected to reach peak in March

Photo: BGNES

The new Omicron sub-variant of the coronavirus is not more severe, does not cause more mortality, but is genetically different from the other sub-variants and "avoids vaccines". This was explained by virologist Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev in an interview for BNT. 

He added that a few days ago, the BQ.1 subvariant of Omicron was detected in the country, which began to dominate in some countries in Europe. His expectations are that after the New Year, BQ.1 will also dominate in Bulgaria, but Kantardjiev does not think that this will lead to a serious increase in Covid cases.

According to Prof. Kantardjiev, the serious flu wave in Bulgaria this season will be late in the winter season and will be in the month of March, with the influenza A strain predominating.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

30% of Bulgarians do not live to retire and die before they turn 65

Life expectancy in Bulgaria has increased by a year and a half, according to the latest data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) that compared the period 2021-2023 to 2020-2022. However, in comparison to 10 years ago, life..

published on 5/29/24 10:36 AM

Sofia welcomes new guests at the Literature and Translation House

Translators from Czechia, Germany, Sweden, and Romania will be residents of the Sofia Literature and Translation House until October.  The house is a joint project of the Next Page Foundation and the Sofia Municipality and has been..

published on 5/29/24 9:24 AM

President calls on business to support the nation's culture and unity

An important task of the state is to support culture, to provide conditions for artists to create art with the help of private initiative, President Rumen Radev said during the gala evening "Horizons", organized by "Manager"..

published on 5/29/24 8:50 AM