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Day: October 5, 2021

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2021 census: With 5 days to go, about 75% of estimated population counted

October 5, 2021October 8, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria census 2021

More than 5.1 million people, about 74.8 per cent of Bulgaria’s estimated population, have been counted in the country’s 2021

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Bulgaria 

Pernik becomes Bulgaria’s second Covid-19 dark red zone

October 5, 2021October 7, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The district of Pernik has become the second in Bulgaria to cross the threshold to become a Covid-19 dark red

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Bulgaria 

EMA recommendations on extra doses and boosters of Comirnaty, Spikevax jabs against Covid-19

October 5, 2021October 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has said that it human medicines committee (CHMP) has concluded that an extra dose of

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Bulgaria 

NCIPD: 22 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 red zones, one dark red

October 5, 2021October 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-two of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 red zones, meaning a morbidity rate from 250 to 499.9 per

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 178 deaths, 2806 new cases registered

October 5, 2021October 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 178 deaths of people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past

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