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Bulgaria’s Shoumen district steps up anti-epidemic measures

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s district of Shoumen is stepping up its anti-epidemic measures as of February 9 because the increased Covid-19 morbidity rate

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Bulgarian police bust operation that sold thousands of fake green vaccination certificates

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Police in Bulgaria said on February 8 that they had begun an operation against a scheme that had sold more

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in 428 of 547 samples sequenced by NCIPD

February 8, 2022February 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on February 8 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 176 more deaths, as cases to date pass million-mark

February 8, 2022February 9, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 176 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 42 deaths, 2181 new cases registered

February 7, 2022February 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 42 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past week, 607 deaths, 1000 medics tested positive

February 6, 2022February 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 607 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past week, bringing the

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Bulgarian arrested in Bansko for issuing unauthorised Covid test certificates

February 5, 2022February 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Police in Bansko have taken into custody a 40-year-old man who was conducting Covid-19 tests and issuing certificates without the

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 100 deaths, 8116 new cases

February 5, 2022February 6, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

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

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in 249 of 334 samples sequenced by NCIPD

February 4, 2022February 8, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on February 4 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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