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Month: January 2021

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll passes 9000-mark

January 30, 2021January 31, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll has passed the 9000-mark, with 35 new cases in the past 24 hours bringing the total

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Europe 

EMA recommends AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for authorisation in the EU

January 29, 2021January 31, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on January 29 that it had recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for AstraZeneca’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Election staff to get Covid-19 vaccinations in phase 3 of plan

January 29, 2021January 31, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, new coronavirus

Officials involved in Bulgaria’s April 4 2021 parliamentary elections will get Covid-19 vaccinations in the third phase of the national

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Bulgaria 

OECD: Bulgaria’s recovery from Covid-19 shock to economy will take time

January 29, 2021January 31, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Covid-19 pandemic hit Bulgaria as its economy was performing well and recovery from the economic shock caused by the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 vaccinations in Bulgaria: Registration at GPs begins

January 29, 2021January 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Anyone in Bulgaria who wants to be vaccinated against Covid-19 must declare this to their general practitioners (GPs), the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 29 deaths, 4719 vaccinations

January 29, 2021January 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-nine people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: MPs approve use of mobile polling stations for people in quarantine

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved at second reading on January 28 amendments to the State of Emergency Act, which allow the use

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 2.5M vaccine jabs possible by end-June under current delivery timetable

January 28, 2021January 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria could administer coronavirus vaccines to as many as 2.5 million people by the end of June, provided the current

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Business climate in Bulgaria improves in January

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

A regular monthly poll has found that the business climate in Bulgaria rebounded in January, rising by 6.9 percentage points

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