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Prof. Todor Kantardjiev Staff: Nova TV
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“Summer time COVID-19 is decreasing. It will decrease even more seriously. We need to know what we are going to do in the coming months. This is the job of state institutions – to take action now and anticipate what needs to be done in the future. COVID has not gone to our country at all. At the moment, the threat to our society are other infections typical of the season. This was stated by the microbiologist Prof. Todor Kantardjiev on NOVA NEWS.
He was adamant about protecting Omicron – personal hygiene and hand washing are key. “A sensible person does several things – one is hand hygiene. The high prevalence of rhinoviruses is due to poor hand hygiene. The normal person – a European – should wash his hands about 12 times a day. That is what we need to teach children to do, “he said.
For the COVID pandemic, he reiterated that it is important for older people, especially at the end of the summer, to get vaccinated if they have not already done so. “To assess what is happening with the new variants of the virus in China and North Korea, for example – we need to know what its microbiology is. Because changes in the virus lead to a change in the epidemic situation, the severity of the disease and the mode of transmission. We also need to know the level of the measures and the healthcare system of the respective country “, he is categorical.
According to him, there is nothing dangerous in the current health situation. “The current virus that is circulating – the two sub-variants of Omicron, which are all over the world, are very similar to the virus discovered in Wuhan in 2020. Then Bulgaria, thanks to the measures we had – we were a country for example. Because if we had allowed as many cases as in Spain, France and Italy – just deaths would have been much more. However, let us not forget the efforts made by the caretaker government – we were simply the world champion in mortality in the autumn. Of course, these things are forgotten by some, but I think that specialists remember, and I think that the relatives of the deceased will not forget soon. “Then something went very wrong – there were no measures for three months and someone had to remember,” he said.
The mortality analysis, which has been under way for more than two months, is currently awaited. “We remember that in the beginning of autumn it was said that the crisis would be managed not politically and there would be no deaths. And we saw the exact opposite of both, “said the professor.
According to him, a very large number of people, especially children, suffer from rhinoviruses. “This is a virus that is typical of late spring – early summer. Affects the upper respiratory tract. In children it occurs with a very severe runny nose. In adults, it also affects the large airways of the lungs. But it does not cause pneumonia, but it is very unpleasant because it slightly changes the immune response of the tissues and can be complicated by a bacterial infection. It also stimulates allergic reactions in the lungs, “he said.
“The typical summer viruses are enteroviruses. They are typical for the hottest days. They make several infections. In the elderly, this virus causes high fever and pain in the joints and muscles, but everything passes in about two days, “added Professor Kantardzhiev.
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