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Third district in Bulgaria drops out of Covid-19 dark red zone

February 23, 2022February 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Smolyan has become the third of Bulgaria’s 28 districts to no longer be classified as a Covid-19 dark red zone,

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 60 deaths, 4667 new cases

February 23, 2022February 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Sixty people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past day, bringing the country’s death toll

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Blagoevgrad becomes Bulgaria’s second district to drop below dark red zone threshold

February 22, 2022February 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The district of Blagoevgrad has become the second in Bulgaria to drop below the threshold for classification as a Covid-19

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 143 deaths, 4845 new cases registered

February 22, 2022February 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 143 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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Bulgaria 

PM: Bulgaria set to end ‘green certificate’ for everything but travel by March 20

February 21, 2022February 24, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s government is predicting that by March 20, it will be possible to remove the green certificate requirement for all

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in 760 of 803 samples sequenced by NCIPD

February 21, 2022February 23, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on February 21 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll passes 35 000-mark

February 21, 2022February 22, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

With 44 deaths of people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 registered in the past day, the country’s

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In-person learning at schools in 16 districts in Bulgaria from February 21

February 20, 2022February 22, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Pupils at schools in 16 out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria will attend in-person learning as of February 21,

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 639 deaths, 31 128 new cases

February 20, 2022February 21, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 639 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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