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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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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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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Delta variant found in all 362 sequenced samples – NCIPD

October 4, 2021October 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said that it has completed the sequencing of 362 samples taken

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Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll passes 21 000-mark

October 4, 2021October 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 43 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, taking

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Bulgaria 

Fuel being drained from ship stranded at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast

October 3, 2021October 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

An operation began on October 3 to drain fuel from the vessel Vera Su, which has been stranded near Kamen

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2021 presidential elections: GERB-backed Gerdzhikov-Miteva ticket launched

October 3, 2021October 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

The candidacy of Sofia University rector Anastas Gerdzhikov and running mate Colonel Nevyana Miteva in Bulgaria’s November 2021 presidential elections

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Bulgaria’s 2021 elections: New party says it plans deal with Democratic Bulgaria, Manolova’s group

October 3, 2021October 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2021

The new political party formed by former caretaker ministers Kiril Petkov and Assen Vassilev plans to sign a deal with

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