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During a special police operation to check on compliance with anti-epidemic measures, police in the Black Sea city of Varna found a restaurant working, with 37 people inside, the regional directorate of the Interior Ministry said. The 37 people found inside the restaurant during the bust, which took place just after midnight on January 29, will be fined under the Health Act for violating measures against the spread of Covid-19. Fines for individuals range from 300 to 1000 leva (about 150 to 500 euro). During the operation, two people were arrested for failing to comply with a police order, th...

Officials involved in Bulgaria’s April 4 2021 parliamentary elections will get Covid-19 vaccinations in the third phase of the national vaccination plan, which will be amended to enable this, Health Minister Kostadin Angelov said on January 29. Those to be eligible will include members of the sectional election commissions, mobile election commissions, of district election commissions and the Central Election Commission. Members of sectional election commissions who will be sent to serve at Bulgaria’s polling stations abroad will also be eligible for vaccinations. Angelov made the announc...

Anyone in Bulgaria who wants to be vaccinated against Covid-19 must declare this to their general practitioners (GPs), the Bulgarian Medical Association said on January 29. Registration for free and voluntary immunisation against Covid-19 can be done by phone or in person at the GP’s rooms. The lists will be constantly updated so that GPs will be able to promptly inform and immunise those interested when the vaccines are delivered, the statement said. The fourth phase of Bulgaria’s national vaccination plan – mass vaccination- is expected to begin by the end of February, according to th...

Twenty-nine people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 died in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll linked to the disease to 8973, according to the January 29 daily report by the national information system. The report said that of 12 297 tests done in the past 24 hours, 560 – about 4.55 per cent – proved positive. To date, 217 574 cases of new coronavirus have been confirmed in Bulgaria. Of these, 25 676 are active, 772 fewer than the day before. There are 2877 patients in hospital, an increase of 12, with 257 in intensive care, a decrease of eight. The rep...

The Covid-19 pandemic hit Bulgaria as its economy was performing well and recovery from the economic shock caused by the disease will take time, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on January 29. Along with continued support to help households and firms weather the crisis, reforms to modernise the economy, improve the business environment and enhance skills in the workforce would help to strengthen the country’s recovery, according to a new OECD report. A new OECD Economic Assessment of Bulgaria, says the recovery from the economic shock caused by Covid-19 ...