"The scarlet fever season is at the beginning of spring. The measures are known to the doctors, they just have to be followed. There is nothing dangerous and nothing terrible," Prof. Todor Kantarjiev said in the program "This Morning"

Prof. Dr. Todor Veselov Kantardzhiev MD, MSc, graduated from the Medical Academy - Sofia in 1981, as an adviser to the Metropolitan Municipality on health issues. 

Since the beginning of the year, we have 40 times more cases of scarlet fever than last year at this time, he added.

Since the beginning of the year, 2,673 cases have been registered in the country, children between the ages of 5 and 10 are the most affected.

"The reasons, in my opinion, are three. One is the lagging continuing education of doctors, the shortage of doctors, and the fact that a large number of doctors are facing this infection for the first time after the pandemic. The second is the antibiotic policy and their correct use. For the last two years from 18th place in terms of antibiotic use, we became second place. The third thing is the measures that were in place during the pandemic," stressed Prof. Kantarjiev.

Scarlet fever is a disease with a characteristic rash.

The most important thing about streptococci is that they are treated with penicillin antibiotics

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Treatment is very important because these deaths in Britain were because of delayed antibiotic treatment, he added.

"The following should be known about bird flu, it is a bird disease.

. Transmission from person to person is very rare. It is dangerous for birds, not for people." , said Prof. Kantarjiev.

He stressed that

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A terrible Balkan flu is raging in our country

Todor Kantarjiev

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