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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 52 Delta variant cases found in 54 samples

August 3, 2021August 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) has completed the sequencing of 54 samples taken from Covid-19 patients

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Bulgaria’s minority parties briefed on Trifonov’s proposed Cabinet

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Slavi Trifonov

Slavi Trifonov’s ITN party held a succession of meetings on August 3 with three minority parties and coalitions to brief

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: For third week, all 28 districts are green zones

August 3, 2021August 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

For the third consecutive week, all 28 districts in Bulgaria were classified as green zones in the report by the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria amends list of red, orange and green zone foreign countries

August 3, 2021August 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov has issued an order amending the list of foreign countries classified respectively as red,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 7 deaths, 393 new cases

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

Seven 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 

Kunchev: 95% of Covid-19 patients in ICU in Bulgaria were not vaccinated

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

About 95 to 96 per cent of Covid-19 patients in intensive care in Bulgaria had not been vaccinated, Chief State

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: More than 1M people have completed vaccination cycle

August 2, 2021August 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of people in Bulgaria who have completed the vaccination cycle against Covid-19 has exceeded the one million mark,

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Bulgaria 

‘Code Orange’ weather warning for eight districts in Bulgaria on August 3

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s authorities have issued the “Code Orange” warning of dangerous weather for eight districts for August 3 because of forecast

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Bulgaria 

‘Code Red’ dangerous weather alert for nine districts in Bulgaria on August 2

August 1, 2021August 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s authorities have issued the highest “Code Red” dangerous weather warning, in effect because of forecast high temperatures, for nine

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