Balgarianovinite.com A total of 225 cases of measles have been reported in Bulgaria, the Ministry of Health said on its website on Tuesday. The data presented is as of May 4, 2026. The data shows that measles cases are in seven regions, with the highest number of registered cases in the region of Vratsa – 150. Patients have also been registered in the regions of Pleven – 48, Lovech – 18, Sofia-city – four, Varna – three, Montana – one, Sofia-region – one.
Of all registered measles cases, 189 are among children, with 20 children under one year old, 61 children from one to four years old, 62 children from five to nine years old, 33 children from 10 to 14 years old, and 15 from 15 to 19 years old. Seven measles cases were reported in the 20-24 age group, three in the 25-29 age group, five in the 30-34 age group, and three in the 35-39 age group. There are 16 patients over 40 years old.
The data also shows that 118 of the patients were not vaccinated due to under-age for immunization or other reasons. For 19 of the infected, the immunization status is unknown.
Since the beginning of the spread of the disease in the country in March, 28,194 vaccines against measles, mumps and rubella have been administered. The first cases of measles for 2026 were reported by the Ministry of Health on March 19. At that time, emergency immunization against measles was ordered for all children with missed vaccines. The main symptoms of measles are fever, runny nose, cough, tearing, eye inflammation, rash. Vaccination is mandatory and is carried out at the age of 13 months, and then at the age of 12. Measles Cases Registered in Bulgaria Reach 225 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-05 11:34:38 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law