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Day: April 18, 2021

Bulgaria 

Borissov orders national Covid-19 response HQ to resume operations

April 18, 2021April 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Three days after Bulgaria’s government announced that the national response staff against Covid-19 was being disbanded, outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister

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Bulgaria 

Bishop’s Basilica of Philippopolis in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv opens to public on April 19

April 18, 2021April 20, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

The Bishop’s Basilica of Philippopolis, site of a Christian church estimated to date from the fourth century and which boasts

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 787 deaths, 5793 fewer active cases

April 18, 2021April 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 787 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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