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Day: October 27, 2020

Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria introduces new restrictions, shuts down high schools and night clubs

October 27, 2020November 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announced new anti-epidemic restrictions that will go into effect on October 29 and will be in place

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: More districts become ‘red zones’, measures expanded

October 27, 2020October 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s districts of Pleven, Dobrich, Razgrad, Kyustendil and Lovech have become the latest to expand restrictions in response to rising

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Medical facilities in Bulgaria call for volunteers

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Military Medical Academy in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia is among health care facilities to issue a new appeal for

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Bulgaria 

Foreign visitor arrivals in Bulgaria in September 2020 dropped 56.2% y/y

October 27, 2020October 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The continuing impact of the Covid-19 crisis saw the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria in September

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Latest statistics by age group and district

October 27, 2020October 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s national information system said in its October 27 daily report that to date, 40 132 people in the country

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s PM says his condition unchanged, and he is working

October 27, 2020October 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, new coronavirus

Two days after announcing that he had tested positive for Covid-19, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said that his condition

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Bulgaria 

Champagne & Sparkling Wine Festival to be held in Sofia on November 20 and 21

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A Champagne & Sparkling Wine Festival is scheduled to be held at the Grand Hotel Millennium Sofia in Bulgaria’s capital

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 42 new deaths, 2243 new cases, 20 346 active

October 27, 2020October 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Forty-two people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for new coronavirus died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s

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