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Covid-19: Deaths in Bulgaria rise to eight as mother and daughter die

March 29, 2020March 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A 74-year-old woman and her 51-year-old daughter have died in Blagoevgrad Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment, both having tested positive

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Number of deaths in Bulgaria rises to six

March 28, 2020March 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of deaths of patients in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 has risen to six, after a

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Health Minister orders discharged patients quarantined for 28 days

March 28, 2020March 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Patients who have discharged from hospital after being confirmed as having Covid-19 must remain in quarantine for 28 days, counting

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports fourth death of patient confirmed to have had Covid-19

March 28, 2020March 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A patient in Pirogov emergency hospital in Sofia who had tested positive for Covid-19 has died, Bulgaria’s national crisis staff

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria welcomes North Macedonia’s accession to Nato

March 28, 2020March 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia, Nato

Bulgaria welcomes the accession of the Republic of North Macedonia as a full member of Nato, the Foreign Ministry in

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Summer daylight saving time in Bulgaria begins on March 29 2020

March 28, 2020March 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Three am in Bulgaria becomes 4am on March 29 2020 as daylight saving time begins. The system of changing the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: More prosecutions for violating emergency regulations, quarantine

March 27, 2020March 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Prosecutors Office announced on March 27 further cases connected to violations of emergency measures against the spread of Covid-19

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Bulgaria in 3M euro deal to buy masks, respirators from China

March 27, 2020March 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed on March 27 to buy more than 1.1 million protective masks and 50 respirators from China, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Minister: 24 000 quarantined, 200 charged for violating emergency measures

March 27, 2020March 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

About 24 000 people are in quarantine in Bulgaria and more than 200 proceedings have been initiated for violating the

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