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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 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’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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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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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 348 deaths, 123 536 completed vaccination cycle

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

A total of 348 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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Bulgaria 

Baltov expects Bulgaria’s ‘green corridors’ for jabs against Covid-19 to continue

May 15, 2021May 17, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The head of Pirogov emergency hospital in Sofia, Professor Assen Baltov, said in a television interview on May 15 that

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 409 394 people have completed vaccination cycle

May 15, 2021May 16, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 33 237 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 were administered in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, bringing

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