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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 561 deaths, 10 181 new cases

December 19, 2021December 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 561 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Delta variant found in all 367 sequenced samples – NCIPD

December 19, 2021December 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on December 19 that it has completed the sequencing of

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2021/22 ski season opens in Bulgaria’s Bansko, Pamporovo and Borovets

December 18, 2021December 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The 2021/22 ski season has opened in Bulgaria’s mountain resorts of Bansko, Pamporovo and Borovets. For full details of lift

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 19 red zones, nine yellow zones

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

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

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Bulgarians, permanent residents, vaccinated abroad can get booster dose in Bulgaria

December 18, 2021December 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

From December 20, all Bulgarian citizens and those with permanent or long-term residence who have been vaccinated abroad against Covid-19

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Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll passes 30 000-mark

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

With 81 deaths registered in the past day of people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19, the country’s

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Covid-19: Bulgaria adds France to red zone list of countries with travel restrictions

December 17, 2021December 21, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Assena Serbezova issued an order on December 17 amending the list of foreign countries classified respectively as

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Bulgaria’s new PM in talks with EC chief on pandemic, recovery plan

December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Macedonia, new coronavirus

On his first visit to Brussels since being elected Bulgaria’s Prime Minister four days earlier, Kiril Petkov held talks on

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Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Vaccines for five- to 11-year-olds arrive on December 20

December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Vaccines against Covid-19 for children aged five to 11 will arrive in Bulgaria on December 20, Health Minister Assena Serbezova

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