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Month: January 2022

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in 129 of 234 samples sequenced by NCIPD

January 25, 2022January 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on January 25 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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About 38% of school pupils in Bulgaria are on distance learning

January 25, 2022January 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Close to 266 000 pupils at schools in Bulgaria are undergoing distance learning this week, about 38 per cent of

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Bulgaria 

Kunchev: Validity of vaccination certificate in Bulgaria one year, for booster, indefinite

January 25, 2022January 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev told a briefing on January 25 that at the moment, no change was envisaged

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, N Macedonia sign new co-operation deals

January 25, 2022January 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Macedonia

Three memoranda of understanding in various fields were signed on January 25 after a joint meeting in Sofia of the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 26 of 28 districts are Covid-19 dark red zones

January 25, 2022January 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-six of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 dark red zones, meaning a morbidity rate of 500 or more

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 132 deaths, 11 049 new cases registered

January 25, 2022January 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 132 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament to hold special sitting on Russia-Ukraine crisis

January 24, 2022January 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s National Assembly is to hold a special sitting on the afternoon of January 26 on the Russia-Ukraine crisis, Parliament’s

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Bulgaria 

From February 1, EU certificates for 93 000 vaccinated in Bulgaria not valid for travel in EU

January 24, 2022January 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Digital Covid vaccination certificates of 93 000 people in Bulgaria whose vaccination course would have ended more than

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: More school pupils in Bulgaria go over to distance learning

January 24, 2022January 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

In two more district capitals – Yambol and Sliven, and in eight other municipalities, school pupils from the fifth to

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