Sat, Nov 21 2009
Photo: Tim Shaffer 
Three new cases of swine flu have been detected in Bulgaria, taking the total number of affected patients up to 19, the Health Ministry have said.
Authorities in Veliko Turnovo have confirmed a second case of the H1N1 strain in a 14-year-old boy who arrived from the UK.
Within a week, new thermal cameras will be installed at Bulgarian airports to help the authorities monitor people arriving in the country, and assist them in detecting carriers of the H1N1 stain.
More cases in Bulgaria as new surveillance equipment arrives from the US. Meanwhile, the Greek government confirms more than 100 cases of people affected by the H1N1 strain.
Bulgarian customs have allegedly found a new source of additional income; demanding declarations that travellers are not infected with the swine flu virus.
Tests on June 28 have confirmed that the American youth has H1N1 strain.
The European Commission is taking Bulgaria to court for delays in providing Sofia with adequate waste disposal facilities.
James Warlick is the spouse of Mary Warlick, director of the office of Russian affairs at the US state department, who has been nominated to serve as ambassador to Serbia
Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announced on November 20 2009 that the flu epidemic declared two weeks earlier is at an end as rates of infection decline. The announcement coincides with reports of two deaths from A (H1N1) flu in Bulgaria.
Acting on allegations by Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria leader Ivan Kostov, prosecutors and Government officials are to probe deals by which Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Ahmed Dogan acquired various properties.
Prosecutors allege that a deal agreed by the former defence minister caused losses of 12.9 million leva.