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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 distance of at least 1.5 m, wearing face masks and using only seating. Spectators are allowed at sports ev...

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 Lanka, Pakistan, Maldives, Brazil and a number countries and territories in Africa, including – amo...

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 certificate enters into force on July 1 2021, the Central System is expected to start operating on ...

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 liquidity shortages experienced by the grant recipients as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, the...

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 from the virus. There are 23 426 active cases, a decrease of 2085 in the past 24 hours. The report sai...