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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Pharmacies not fully prepared to implement e-prescriptions

December 18, 2020December 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

On the day that the Cabinet’s new regulations on electronic doctor referrals and medicine prescriptions went into force, Deputy Health

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian member of Parliament dies of Covid-19

December 18, 2020December 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Valentin Kassabov, a member of Parliament for the ultra-nationalist United Patriots group, died on December 17 at the age of

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 143 more deaths, active cases below 90 000-mark

December 18, 2020December 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 143 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Most of Bulgaria’s stricter measures against Covid-19 extended to end-January

December 17, 2020December 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Most of the stricter measures that came into effect on November 27 to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 23.2% want vaccination, 35.7 per cent hesitant and want more information – poll

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

About 23.2 per cent of Bulgarians polled by the Exacta Research Group said that they intended getting vaccinated against Covid-19,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bansko opens 2020/21 ski season

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, tourism

The Bulgarian mountain resort of Bansko opened its 2020/21 ski season on December 17, with fine conditions but few people

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Bulgaria 

European Commission concludes exploratory talks with Novavax on new potential vaccine

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission said that it had on December 17 concluded exploratory talks with the pharmaceutical company Novavax with a

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Since tighter restrictions took effect, 2667 deaths, 45 635 recoveries from the virus

December 17, 2020December 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Since Bulgaria’s tighter restrictions to contain the spread of Covid-19 came into effect just less than three weeks ago, 2667

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Bulgaria 

UK has cut quarantine period for arrivals from Bulgaria from 14 to 10 days

December 16, 2020December 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

As of December 14, travellers entering the United Kingdom from Bulgaria, both UK nationals and foreign citizens, are expected to

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