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On the eve of the 2021 Christmas holidays, the school system in Bulgaria seems to have finally returned one step away from normality. As of mid-December 2021, over 80% of pupils and compulsory school students – from the first to the twelfth grade – are in fact physically back in the classrooms .
A result that is far from obvious in what is one of the EU countries hardest hit by the fourth wave of Covid-19,…
This article from BBC News describes the impacts of coronavirus lockdowns on surrogacy arrangements, particularly the separation of parents and their babies, born to surrogate mothers in Ukraine, who are unable to unite due to travel restrictions. It tells the story of a couple from Argentina whose baby was born to a commercial surrogate in Ukraine at the end of March. The couple have been unable to travel to see their son, Manuel, who has been held at a "dormitory-style nursery" with 50 other newborns for the past seven weeks, as of this article's publication.
"All they are doing is…
"At least 23 people have been infected with coronavirus at an orphanage for children with developmental disabilities in Belarus," according to this article from BBC News. Ten staff members and 13 children were infected, says the article. Adi Roche, the founder of the charity that supports the orphanage, said the home faced difficulties in protecting children "as they live in 'dense' conditions in dormitories."