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EMA approves more flexible storage conditions for Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on May 17 that its human medicines committee had recommended a change to the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria joins EU deal to get Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines in 2022, 2023

May 17, 2021May 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has decided to join the European Commission deal to acquire Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines in 2022 and 2023, with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry announces system for vaccinating elderly, seriously ill

May 17, 2021May 19, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Every week, from Monday to Thursday, GPs and open vaccination centres in the country will immunise people over 60 years

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister urges public to be vaccinated against Covid-19

May 17, 2021May 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Five days after taking office, Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov posted a video on YouTube on May 17 appealing

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Bulgaria had lowest percentage in EU of people working from home in 2020

May 17, 2021May 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria had the lowest percentage in the European Union of people working from home in 2020, at 1.2 per cent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.0% inflation in April

May 17, 2021May 18, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) rose by two per cent in April, compared to 0.6 per cent inflation a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll is 17 259

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of nine people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered on Sunday, according to the

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Bulgaria 

Germany, Italy, Romania ease rules on arrivals from Bulgaria

May 16, 2021May 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Germany has eased its rules for people arriving from Bulgaria, removing obligatory quarantine for those who have been vaccinated, undergone

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Bulgaria 

Kunchev: Health authorities plan to extend Bulgaria’s Covid-19 epidemic declaration by a month

May 16, 2021May 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev said in a May 16 television interview that Bulgaria’s health authorities plan to extend

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