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Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov issued orders on May 27 listing the anti-epidemic measures against the spread of Covid-19 that the order says will be in effect until July 31. The holding of cultural and entertainment events (festivals, cinemas, theatre, circus performances, stage events, concerts, museums, galleries, libraries, classes in dance, creative and musical arts) is allowed using no more than 50 per cent of the capacity of the premises, keeping a physical distan...

Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov issued an order on May 27 setting out rules on admission to the country from June 1. Katsarov’s orders on these rules, as well as on anti-epidemic measures against Covid-19 within Bulgaria, follow the May 26 decision by the caretaker government to extend the Covid-19 epidemic declaration to the end of July. The order places a temporary entry ban on people entering Bulgaria if arriving from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Sri L...

Bulgaria is fully ready to introduce the European digital green certificate of vaccination against Covid-19, the Health Ministry said on May 27. The ministry said that this had become possible after state-owned IT company Informatsionno Obsluzhvane conducted successful tests and completed the integration of the Bulgarian system with that of the European Commission, which means that the Bulgarian certificates are compatible with the systems of other EU countries. According to the regulation, the...

The European Commission said on May 26 that it has approved 16.5 million leva, or about 8.4 million euro, in state aid for Bulgaria’s tour operators affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The funding would take the form of direct grants, to be used by the beneficiaries to refund their customers for trips that were cancelled between March 1 and December 31 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak and the related travel restrictions imposed to limit the spread of the virus. The measure aims to address ...

The deaths of 68 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll linked to the disease to 17 581, according to the May 26 daily report by the national information system. Of 13 839 tests done in the past day, 406 – about 2.9 per cent – proved positive. To date, 417 133 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria, a figure that includes those who have died, the active cases and those who have recovered fr...

The doses were immediately distributed to regional health inspectorates across the country, according to the ministry. The next scheduled delivery is on May 28, of 34 900 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and 36 000 doses of the Moderna vaccine, the ministry said. Bulgaria received 273 780 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on May 17, a total of 19 200 doses of Johnson & Johnson on May 19, a total of 36 000 of the AstraZeneca vaccine on May 21 and 36 000 doses of the Moderna vaccine on M...

The deaths of a total of 17 people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 were registered in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll linked to the disease to 17 513, according to the May 25 report by the national information system. Of 4550 tests done in the past day, 81 – about 1.78 per cent – proved positive. To date, 416 727 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria, a figure that includes those who have died, the active cases and those who have recovered...

The pace of vaccinations against Covid-19 has accelerated across the European Union and should be sustained, EU leaders agreed at a European Council meeting on May 25, according to a Council statement. “This, along with an improvement in the general epidemiological situation, will allow for a gradual reopening of our societies,” conclusions adopted by the leaders at the meeting said. “However, we need to stay vigilant regarding the emergence and spread of variants and to take action as ne...

Four out of the 28 districts in Bulgaria are Covid-19 “red zones”, meaning an infection rate of 120 or higher out of 100 000 population, according to a report by the National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases for the 14-day period ending May 23. This is down 20 “red zones” in the report for the period ending May 16, and 25 the week before that. The “red zones” are Vidin, Gabrovo, Montana and Rousse. There are 21 districts classified as “orange zones”, meaning an incid...

As of May 25, there will be 568 polling stations in 67 foreign countries for Bulgaria’s July early parliamentary elections, the Foreign Ministry said. According to the analysis of the ministry, voting machines will be used at about 300 of these polling stations, in 24 countries. A decision by the Central Election Commission in regard to this is awaited. The short-lived 45 th National Assembly voted amendments to the Electoral Code, including that at polling stations where more than 300 voters...