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Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 77 deaths, 5703 new cases

January 13, 2022January 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Seventy-seven 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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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM: Level of anti-epidemic measures to be based on ICU bed occupancy

January 12, 2022January 14, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Serious measures against the spread of Covid-19 will be triggered when there is 80 per cent occupancy of intensive care

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Bulgaria 

Police foil bids by ‘green certificate’ protesters to storm Bulgaria’s Parliament

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Four police were taken to hospital after being injured in a struggle with protesters against the green certificate system who

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Education Ministry: Number of pupils positive for Covid-19 has more than tripled

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of Covid-19 tests of pupils at schools in Bulgaria on January 10 that proved positive was more than

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 dark red zones in Bulgaria rise to 21

January 12, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Twenty-one of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 dark red zones, meaning a morbidity rate of 500 or more

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria registers single-day record for new Covid-19 cases

January 12, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Of 37 952 tests for Covid-19 done in Bulgaria in the past day, 7062 – about 18.6 per cent –

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM: Visit to N Macedonia will go ahead this month

January 11, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Kiril Petkov, Macedonia, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said in a video message on January 11 that a visit to North Macedonia that

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Bulgaria 

World Bank slightly raises growth outlook for Bulgaria

January 11, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, World Bank

The World Bank has slightly increased its forecast real GDP growth outlook for Bulgaria for 2022, to 3.8 per cent,

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Europe 

EMA: Vaccines give high protection against severe disease and hospitalisation caused by Omicron

January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Although the Omicron variant of Covid-19 appears to be more infectious than other variants, studies from South Africa, the UK

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