First Bulgarian University Under Quarantine: 19 Infected Students at the Medical University in Pleven
The Medical University in Pleven is moving to e-learning for a period of two weeks. So far, 19 students have positive PCR tests. The tests of the contact people continues.
Only trainee doctors in the sixth year of "Medicine" will be present. For teachers and staff, the work process will also continue in person. Students' access to university buildings is restricted. The use of the medical library and the sports hall is suspended, the university also announced.
Currently, nearly 1,400 Bulgarian and foreign students study at the Medical University.
"This type of training without physical presence is incomplete. We all appreciate that. But we must also be realistic people. For us, the most important thing is that our students and teachers are healthy ", said Prof. Dr. Slavcho Tomov, Rector of MU – Pleven.