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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Cabinet approves 237M leva for wage-support schemes

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

Bulgaria’s outgoing Cabinet decided on May 5 to allocate 237 million leva, about 121.2 million euro, in funding for five

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases down to 47 357, as 11 133 jabs administered

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

Sixty-one 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 

For seventh week, every district in Bulgaria is a Covid-19 ‘red zone’

May 4, 2021May 8, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

For a seventh consecutive week, all of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 “red zones”, meaning a rate of

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Bulgaria 

Low-flying practice flights over Bulgaria’s capital ahead of Armed Forces Day

May 4, 2021May 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Air Force aircraft will carry out low-flying practice flights over Alexander Nevsky Square in capital city Sofia on May

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Bulgaria 

New delivery of nearly 274 000 doses of BioNTech-Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Bulgaria

May 4, 2021May 7, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Close to 274 000 doses of BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 were delivered to Bulgaria on May 4, Bulgarian National Radio

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll is 16 548

May 4, 2021May 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Fifty-six 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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Europe 

Covid-19: EC proposes to ease restrictions on non-essential travel to EU

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The European Commission (EC) said on May 3 that it was proposing that European Union countries ease the current restrictions

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: In first 3 days of Bulgaria’s Easter ‘green corridors’, 21 447 jabs

May 3, 2021May 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 21 447 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 were administered in the first three days of Bulgaria’s Easter

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 585 deaths, 8342 fewer active cases

May 2, 2021May 9, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 585 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, according to

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