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Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Vaccination of 15 000 residents of old-age homes being prepared

January 2, 2021January 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Preparations are being made for the second phase of vaccination against Covid-19 in Bulgaria, involving 15 000 residents of old-age

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 28 more deaths, active cases decrease to 74 593

January 2, 2021January 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-eight people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll in 2020 was 7576

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The death toll among people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 was 7576 in 2020, according to figures

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Bulgaria’s road death toll in 2020 was 466

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

A total of 466 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in 2020, according to provisional figures published on January

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Bulgaria January-November 2020 Budget deficit at 213.7M leva

January 1, 2021January 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on January 1 that the consolidated Budget deficit for the first 11 months of 2020 was

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 61 more deaths, active cases at 75 163

January 1, 2021January 2, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 61 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Next vaccine batch delivery expected on January 4-5

December 31, 2020January 3, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria was due to receive the next batch of coronavirus vaccines on January 4-5 2021, Chief State Health Inspector Angel

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 110 more deaths, active cases fall by 1314

December 31, 2020January 1, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 110 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s public holidays and long weekends in 2021

December 30, 2020January 4, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Those keen to bid farewell to 2020 may take it as a good sign that 2021 begins with a long

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