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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Record 189 deaths, active cases rise to 83 671

November 24, 2020November 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s national information system reported on November 24 a single-day record for new Covid-19 deaths, 189 in the past 24

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Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Health Minister proposes tighter restrictions

November 23, 2020November 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kostadin Angelov proposed on November 23 a tougher set of measures to reduce the number of coronavirus

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: More doctors’ deaths reported

November 23, 2020November 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA) expressed on November 23 its condolences to the families and colleagues of three doctors who

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 60 more deaths, active cases rise to 82 416

November 23, 2020November 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Sixty 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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Doctor in Bulgaria’s Razlog is country’s latest medic to die of Covid-19

November 22, 2020November 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Dr Spas Radev of Razlog has died of Covid-19, according to an announcement by the south-western Bulgarian mountain resort town’s

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Covid-19: Bulgarian restaurant bodies call for shutdown of those who break the rules

November 22, 2020November 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Restaurants that break the rules against the spread of Covid-19 should be shut down immediately and their licences revoked, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Deputy Health Minister denies health care system is in chaos

November 22, 2020November 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Deputy Health Minister Dr Boiko Penkov has said that the sense that the country’s health care system is in

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 729 more deaths, 23 262 new cases

November 22, 2020November 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 729 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, the highest

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Notes from quarantine

November 21, 2020November 22, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer new coronavirus

Sitting confined to my home in quarantine as a contact person, I immediately self-isolated – in the sense of changing

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