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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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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reduces Covid-19 isolation, quarantine periods

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

An order issued on January 11 by Bulgaria’s Health Minister Assena Serbezova cuts, with immediate effect, the mandatory isolation period

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Bulgaria’s Health Minister halts procedure to buy 12.5M Covid tests for pupils

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Assena Serbezova has terminated a procedure to buy 12.5 million rapid antigen tests for school pupils and

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Most of Bulgaria’s leadership self-isolating after Radev’s meeting

January 11, 2022January 13, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Roumen Radev

Much of Bulgaria’s political leadership is in self-isolation, pending decisions on quarantine, after it emerged that the Speaker of the

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 dark red zones in Bulgaria rise to 17

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of districts in Bulgaria classified as Covid-19 dark red zones – meaning a morbidity rate of 500 or

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: In past day, 116 deaths, 6761 new cases registered

January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The deaths of 116 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past day, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19: Bulgaria’s capital halts hospital admissions, visits

January 10, 2022January 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia is halting planned admissions, operations and visits to hospitals as of midnight on January 12 as

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