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European Commission announces 232M euro aid package for global efforts against coronavirus

February 24, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission announced on February 24 a new aid package worth 232 million euro to boost global preparedness, prevention

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warns on China, Italy travel

February 24, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has raised the risk index on travel to China to the highest level because of the new

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Bulgaria 

Ukrainian national in Bulgaria tests negative for coronavirus

February 17, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A Ukrainian national in Bulgaria’s Stara Zagora, who recently returned from China, has tested negative for the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, the

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EU health ministers urge member states to step up co-operation against new coronavirus

February 13, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

European Union health ministers held a special meeting on February 13 for an exchange of views on the novel coronavirus

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Bulgaria 

New coronavirus: Bulgaria’s Health Ministry opens hotline

February 11, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health opened on February 11 an information hotline for the public and organisations to get information about

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Europe 

European health commissioner on coronavirus: ‘Time for facts, not fear’

February 3, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

This is the time for facts, not fear, European Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on February 3 after meeting the head

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Person who arrived in Varna from China being monitored, Bulgaria’s Health Minister says

February 3, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A person who arrived at Varna Airport from China and who had been found to have a slight increase in

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Bulgaria 

Health Minister: Bulgaria has taken all preventative measures against new coronavirus

February 2, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The Bulgarian health authorities have taken all preventative measures regarding the spread of the new coronavirus, Health Minister Kiril Ananiev

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Three Bulgarians being evacuated from Wuhan to arrive in Sofia on February 1

January 31, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Three Bulgarians will arrive in Sofia on February 1 following their evacuation from coronavirus-hit Wuhan City in China, the foreign

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