Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev is negotiating with sheep owners near Velingrad due to a small ruminant plague. The government is considering testing third samples in Montpellier and has not ruled out extreme measures yet. Compensations have been paid to farmers whose sheep have been destroyed from smallpox outbreaks, but discussions are ongoing for the Velingrad outbreak. Glavchev has called for calm to prevent the infection from spreading further.