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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Latest new record rise in cases

July 8, 2020July 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A new record has been set for an increase in confirmed cases of new coronavirus in Bulgaria, as the national

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After mayor, two deputy mayors of Bulgaria’s Rousse test positive for new coronavirus

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Rousse

A day after it emerged that the mayor of Bulgaria’s Danube city of Rousse had tested positive for new coronavirus,

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Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Arrivals from UK, Portugal and Sweden to be still subject to quarantine

July 7, 2020July 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The requirement that people arriving in Bulgaria from the United Kingdom, Portugal and Sweden go into 14-day mandatory quarantine is

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Bulgaria’s Health Minister: Coronavirus cases rising by 200 a day will be signal to return stricter measures

July 7, 2020July 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

If the number of newly-confirmed cases of new coronavirus in Bulgaria exceeds 200 a day, that will be a signal

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Bulgaria’s Rousse closes municipal HQ for disinfection after mayor tests positive for Covid-19

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Rousse

The mayor of Bulgaria’s city of Rousse on the Danube, Pencho Milkov, has bronchial pneumonia and has tested positive for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s capital city mops up after huge storm floods underpasses, causes power cuts

July 7, 2020July 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A massive thunderstorm struck Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on the night of July 6, flooding underpasses and metro underground railway

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases rise to 2664, deaths to 250

July 7, 2020July 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of new coronavirus in Bulgaria has risen by 85 in the past 24 hours to

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Covid-19: Bulgaria extends epidemic declaration to end of July

July 6, 2020July 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Covid-19 epidemic declaration that took effect in mid-May is to be extended again, to the end of July, it

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 60% who attended school-leavers ball test positive

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Sixty per cent of those who attended a school-leavers ball in the Bulgarian city of Veliko Turnovo have tested positive

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