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Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Health Minister restricts fruit and veg and flower markets

April 12, 2020April 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev has issued an order restricting the country’s fruit and vegetable and flower markets from April

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Coronavirus: ‘Mass testing’ to start in Bulgaria’s Bansko resort on April 12

April 11, 2020April 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Testing of a large number of residents of Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Bansko for new coronavirus is to begin on

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Roundup, April 11 – Death toll rises, mask-wearing decreed

April 11, 2020April 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The death toll in Bulgaria among people who had tested positive for Covid-19 rose by two on April 11 to

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Bulgaria’s Health Minister orders wearing of protective masks in public from April 12 to 26

April 11, 2020April 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Following on the instructions of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev issued an order that the wearing

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Mayor of Bulgaria’s capital city says checks on physical distancing being stepped up

April 11, 2020April 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Sofia

Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia is stepping up checks on compliance with physical distancing measures against the spread of Covid-19, mayor

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Bulgarian PM: Protective masks in public to be compulsory from April 12

April 11, 2020April 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on April 11 that he would instruct Health Minister Kiril Ananiev to issue an

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Roundup, April 10 – from bank loans to churches

April 10, 2020April 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgarian National Bank said on April 10 that it has approved the measures proposed by commercial lenders for a private

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Bulgaria’s government approves contract with S Korean company for 30 000 Covid-19 tests

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Cabinet, at a special meeting on April 10, approved a draft contract with South Korean company Osang Healthcare to

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Man in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv fined 5000 leva for keeping gym open in breach of emergency regulations

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The District Court in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv has fined a 42-year-old man 5000 leva, among other penalties, for keeping

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