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Covid-19: Greece drops quarantine requirements for Bulgarians as of June 15

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, new coronavirus

Greece will admit Bulgarian citizens with no mandatory quarantine requirements as of noon on June 15, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry

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Mathematician: Keeping to measures would have ended Covid-19 epidemic in Bulgaria in mid-June

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The professor who heads the team producing mathematical models for forecasting the spread of Covid-19 told Bulgarian National Radio on

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases rise to 1371

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has increased by 68 in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgaria’s Health Minister lifts quarantine requirement for people arriving from the Netherlands

June 13, 2020June 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

As of June 15, people arriving in Bulgaria from the Netherlands will no longer be subject to 14-day mandatory quarantine,

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Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Health Minister allows night clubs to open from June 15

June 13, 2020June 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Less than 24 hours after issuing an order retaining the ban on night clubs and discos opening until June 30,

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Covid-19: Bulgarian prosecutors investigating infected doctor who refused to name contact persons

June 13, 2020June 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Prosecutors are investigating a doctor from Sofia’s Pirogov emergency hospital who went on leave to her home town of Kurdzhali

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Active cases rise to 1303, death toll 172

June 13, 2020June 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria to date is 3191, counting in those who have died

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Health Minister issues new order on mandatory quarantine

June 13, 2020June 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev has issued a new order on mandatory quarantine for people arriving from a number of

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Health Minister issues new order on masks

June 12, 2020June 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev has issued an order that takes effect as of June 15 regarding the wearing of

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