Covid-19

Authors: Stoyan Panchev, Arkadi Sharkov We predict over 2,300 undiagnosed cases of malignant neoplasms for 2020 and 2021. We report a 20% and 23% decrease in the number of hospitalizations for 2020 and 2021, respectively, or a total of 1.1 million less for the two years combined. We report missed activities in hospital medical care …

We call for the immediate abolition of the so-called "Green Certificates" as a requirement for admission to commercial, entertainment and other public facilities in Bulgaria. We welcome the government's forecasts that by March 20 there will be almost no need for any restrictive measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19, including green certificates. However, the TEAM believes that ...

The imposition of green certificates requiring vaccination for admission to certain public places has caused a severe division in Bulgarian society. For better or worse, the entire conversation “for” or “against” restrictive measures against the unvaccinated revolves precisely around the question in the title, which unfortunately is not put into a sufficiently detailed context by …

Since discovering the magic of Facebook livestreaming, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has a new favorite word: you see. On Saturday, for example, it turned out that we see “how quickly and organized vaccination is being carried out,” which is a variety. Most of the time, we see how high-quality construction is in Bulgaria, while renovation work is inspected not …

Do you remember when "smart heads" were roaming the television studios six months ago to comfort us? They were talking about how the crisis may be deep, but it will be short? How we will already be in recovery by the fall? How in 2021 we will fully recover to the levels of economic activity of 2019? How the trajectory of …

The second wave of the Covid-19 epidemic and the enormous difficulties of the Bulgarian healthcare system in dealing with it have brought to public attention issues surrounding the functioning of healthcare, which were already making their way to the forefront of important public topics. One of these issues is related to the size, training and remuneration of the medical …

Bulgaria is entering a second lockdown. The entire education system is switching back to remote mode, restaurants and malls are closing, and even sporting events, which are without an audience anyway, are stopping. There are several conclusions from all this. The main one is that the comparison of running a country with driving a jeep has received another …

TEAM · 33. A new rise in the markets - is it justified? 0:24 – Start 0:45 – The US elections and their impact on the markets 09:15 – News about successful developments of vaccines for Covid-19 and the reaction of the markets 13:40 – Do the markets remain overvalued? 20:00 – When will we see inflation? …

Every “smart” additional dollar invested in Bulgarian healthcare could yield a return of $3.4 through a larger and healthier workforce, reduced need for care among the elderly, and increased productivity among people now approaching retirement age. Such an investment could yield a 37% drop in the overall level of …