SOFIA, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Bulgarian Health Minister Evgeni Zhelev has said that Bulgaria has no capacity to identify swine flu if it spreads to the country, local press reported on Tuesday.
Zhelev said that no such tests have been developed because this has not been necessary so far.
He pointed out that any people suspected to have the virus will be quarantined and samples from patients will be sent to the World Health Organization (WHO), which will conduct the tests and send back the results.
There is enough anti-flu medicines stockpiled in Bulgaria to deal with a serious epidemic, Zhelev stressed, adding that all the hospitals and medical centers have been given strict instructions of what to do in the case of a possible swine flu outbreak.
"Local GPs will also be notified regarding the symptoms to lookout for and all hospitals in Bulgaria have been put on red alert," Zhelev said.
"At this stage, we have no reasons to speak about pandemic, the situation should not be dramatized and panic should not be spread," Zhelev said. He added that in Europe there are just a few cases of virus infections and seven patients who may have contracted the disease.
Meanwhile, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday advised Bulgarian citizens against traveling to Mexico unless they have urgent reasons to do so.
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