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Month: January 2022

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 87 deaths, 8932 new cases

January 21, 2022January 22, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Eighty-seven people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s capital, other districts poised to step up measures as Covid-19 morbidity worsens

January 20, 2022January 22, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Against a background of a continuously worsening Covid-19 morbidity rate, the regional health inspectorate in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia is

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 24 dark red zones, 4 red

January 20, 2022January 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-four out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 dark red zones – meaning that the morbidity rate is

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 93 deaths, 10 160 new cases

January 20, 2022January 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Ninety-three people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in 227 of 522 samples sequenced by NCIPD

January 19, 2022January 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on January 18 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: EC approves 6M leva Bulgarian scheme to support tour operators

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission (EC) said on January 19 that it had approved a six million leva (3.07 million euro) Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

GERB MPs walk out of Radev’s speech at second inauguration

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

MPs for Boiko Borissov’s opposition GERB party walked out of the National Assembly chamber on January 19 as President Roumen

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: New record 11 181 cases confirmed in past day

January 19, 2022January 20, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 11 181 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Bulgaria in the past day, setting a new

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Petkov meets Kovachevski in Skopje: ‘First step forward in new chapter’

January 18, 2022January 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Macedonia

There was a cordial tone between Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and his North Macedonian counterpart Dimitar Kovachevski at a

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