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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv, other districts, step up anti-epidemic measures

January 28, 2022January 31, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s district of Plovdiv is stepping up anti-epidemic measures after the region it is in was classified as in stage

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Restaurateurs in Bulgaria’s capital defy stepped-up anti-epidemic measures

January 28, 2022January 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Restaurants in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia are defying an anti-epidemic measure requiring them to close by 10pm, reports on January

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Bulgaria’s Covid-19 death toll passes 33 000-mark

January 28, 2022January 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

With 78 deaths of people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 registered in the past day, the country’s

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EMA nod for Pfizer’s oral medication to treat Covid-19

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The human medicines committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for Pfizer’s oral antiviral medicine

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 70 deaths, 9916 new cases

January 27, 2022January 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventy 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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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 27 out of 28 districts are dark red zones

January 26, 2022January 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-seven out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 dark red zones as of January 26, meaning a morbidity

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Bulgaria registers record 12 399 new Covid-19 cases in the past day

January 26, 2022January 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A total of 12 399 people in Bulgaria were registered in the past day as having tested positive for Covid-19,

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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: Omicron variant found in 129 of 234 samples sequenced by NCIPD

January 25, 2022January 27, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) said on January 25 that it has found the Omicron coronavirus

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About 38% of school pupils in Bulgaria are on distance learning

January 25, 2022January 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Close to 266 000 pupils at schools in Bulgaria are undergoing distance learning this week, about 38 per cent of

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